Late night movie, NYC, and Deep thoughts provoked by boredom...

Some of my friends and I went to see Batman: Dark Knight at the Imax tonight. Amazing movie. "You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain." Best quote in the entire thing.

I got a message from one of my friends in NYC tonight. He said he was just being bored. Bored in a city like New York City. I can't wrap my mind around it, but as I began thinking about it - it made sense. I hate being a tourist, but honestly, tourists have the most fun. If you live in a city, you are used to it. You have a routine. You have a numbness to it all. You have ordinary life. But tourists - tourists see the extraordinary in your ordinary life. The simple things that the native overlooks - such as buildings and landmarks - mean the world to the tourists. They live to see the "glamorous" in the things that you call "dull".

If you truly only die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain, then we are all in trouble. We overlook the big things in the small everyday, because we want the flashy. We don't always want to glory in small things, but to see the big - even if it's truly nothing. In that sense, we all become villains, because we all ruin how we were supposed to be. We were made for the still, small voice, but we look for the fire and the earthquakes.

We were all made for adventure. I know my heart yearns to find it, but perhaps what we will find - what I will find - its that adventure is found in our everyday lives. We just have to look for it.

Final Praisong Day

I really intended to write more than this. I carry a notebook with me at all times, but I create a blog to keep everyone updated on my life and - nothing. Well a lot has happened to me since my last post, as you can imagine. I'm just now getting home from another year of Praisong. My last year of Praisong. I'm Praisong alumnus. It's so strange. I was talking to a fellow three year member earlier and she said that it's always hard to go back to the real world after Praisong anyway, but this year, we are not just going back to the real world, we're going back to a new world. We are growing up and we won't be back to the same drama; we will be going to college and dealing with new drama (well that was my comment). It's bitter-sweet to be a third year member. It feels good to know that you've completed that, but at the same time it's heart breaking to know that it's all you can do as a member. One of the members this year hugged me and said, " O you'll be an intern, stop crying." And I will, if the Lord leads. But it's still an odd thing. This has helped me to grow so much. I have met the most amazing people of God and I would not trade these moments for anything. Anything at all.