My academic background and general life trajectory has been very different, but I appreciate this on a personal level, in addition to my general appreciation for someone speaking in a way consonant with the truth as I understand it.
It's so tempting to focus on utility and efficiency--even if we're not explicitly thinking of our own personal power--and it's easy to regard time spent otherwise as wasted, but most of the enduring change and encouragement I've seen doesn't come from that kind of thinking. So thanks for writing.
I think you and Renn are both right. Following Renn, it's critical to make good choices which involve hard work, self-sacrifice, and prudential wisdom. I think that this is the necessary foundation for any life well-lived. But all that you say: the serendipitous events that will always occur as a result, the places you end up and people you will meet, will inevitably become the real meat and substance shaping your life.
My academic background and general life trajectory has been very different, but I appreciate this on a personal level, in addition to my general appreciation for someone speaking in a way consonant with the truth as I understand it.
It's so tempting to focus on utility and efficiency--even if we're not explicitly thinking of our own personal power--and it's easy to regard time spent otherwise as wasted, but most of the enduring change and encouragement I've seen doesn't come from that kind of thinking. So thanks for writing.
Thanks for writing this, I appreciated to see how God has been working in your life.
I think you and Renn are both right. Following Renn, it's critical to make good choices which involve hard work, self-sacrifice, and prudential wisdom. I think that this is the necessary foundation for any life well-lived. But all that you say: the serendipitous events that will always occur as a result, the places you end up and people you will meet, will inevitably become the real meat and substance shaping your life.