Over affirmed

I think I have been over affirmed for my life to this point. I have always had people telling me what a great person I am or what a good job I am doing. It has made me too reliant of compliments of people to my overall sense of worth.

I had the epiphany when my boss gave me a compliment that I did a good job and it made me feel really good. In fact, it had way to much of an impact on me.

My affirmation should come from Christ. He alone is where I need to get my worth. My worth is because of the great God that I serve and the fact that I am his child. His greatness elevates me and gives me value.

Just a thought.

Random Media Intake

So I love to interact with different kinds of media. From TV to movies to radio podcasts to random articles on the Internet to sermons. It is pretty random sometimes. I figure I will start posting what I am listening to and some brief thoughts about the media.

Last night, I watched Scrubs on NBC. The show's main theme was that JD needed to grow up and start acting like an adult. He said something like 'I used to always think that you grew up by just getting older, but know I realize that it is a conscious decision and takes work.' I have often thought this exact thought and agree with this comment. So what does it mean to 'grow up?' I still don't know the answer to that question, but a big part of it seems to be not complaining about your life all the time and just doing what has to be done. There are countless things that must be done in life that aren't fun and exiting, but just have to be done. A child will refuse to do these things and instead go do some things which is fun. An adult just does what needs to happen without complaining. Just some thoughts.