Here I am again at Providence. It has been a good week of silence from me getting back into the swing of things, but not because I have come down with inertia...

I have decided to acknowledge the fact that I am human even in the realm of academics and in consequence I am only taking 15 hours this semester and leaving room for people and relaxing--what a concept. I have had to critique my world view a bit by beginning to understand that the world is not waiting to be saved by me when I exit college. In fact, there is no waiting to leave college. The real world has been right here all the time. I have completely missed the point of not only the reason for learning but my faith if I spend all my time in preparation to interact with people instead of interacting.

In short, my studies are an aid to reality, not reality. But it is sooo hard! Because often I value knowledge over people with the thought that it will help me to value people over knowledge.