Bohling Family Sites » Theology http://bohlingfamily.com this is what we do and write about. Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:08:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 crying http://bohlingfamily.com/nealb/2009/12/15/crying/ http://bohlingfamily.com/nealb/2009/12/15/crying/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:38:27 +0000 Neal http://bohlingfamily.com/nealb/?p=369 random cries

Every now and then, I see people crying and wish I could live that hard.

To live that in-the-moment such that emotions can grab control and really, really let you live. To free you from the self-evaluation and self-awareness that limits you to acceptable behaviour. This, to me, is to live.

I’ve had a few of these moments, albeit few and far between and usually involved hurt quite deep, and usually a ridiculous physical activity, such as punching my car, or walking 4 miles at 1am, and usually involving a girl. But in those rare moments, I truly feel alive.

The rest of the time is spent just avoiding life because it might sting.

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Your friends will find other friends. They will from time to time prefer to hang out with other people. You will be the odd man out. You shifted in, you’ll shift out. It might hurt.

Does that mean we shouldn’t invest in our friends?

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