facts & questions

fact:
my throat is still sore and raw and i can't sing high notes, which is quite sad! and brutal for those who happen to hear me try.

fact:
i waitress at a restaurant where the staff don't get to keep any tips.
this is unfair and involves deceiving our customers, and i am uncomfortable doing that.

fact:
my brother is going to Hillsong College in Sydney.
although he doesn't leave til August, i am sad at this prospect, although excited for him.

fact:
boys are very different from girls.
in the obvious ways, but also in the way they think, reason, analyse, relate to each other, etc.

fact:
cherry cinnamon is the new peppermint

fact:
God is real. Jesus is His son. He died on a cross and came back to life. We don't have to be separated from God anymore. I wonder if people realised they were separated from God before Jesus came. And were they actually separated from Him, since there were clearly some Godly and righteous people who God looked upon favourably?

if the distinction in becoming a christian is believing Jesus is God's son, accepting Him into your life, asking for forgiveness and living your life with Him in you accordingly, then before Jesus came, how did anyone know whether they were 'safe' or not? and if there were so few righteous people then will heaven not be quite an empty place?

tonite dave challenged us to start your day with a moment or however long you wanted, with God. whether that means getting out of bed, staying in bed, in the shower, on the toilet, whatever, but to begin each new day, at whatever time it begins for you, by consciously being with God. and to read a verse or chapter or book (if ur mad keen and make the time!), and hide it in your heart, so it stays there and impacts your day. sometimes the most challenging challenges sound the easiest, but are actually the hardest.

today i heard it said that discipline is an accumulation of habits.
a thought can lead to an action. an action can lead to it being repeated. repeating an action can lead to a habit.

definition of habit:

regularly repeated behavior pattern: an action or pattern of behavior that is repeated so often that it becomes typical of somebody, although he or she may be unaware of it.

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it's easy to form some habits, usually the 'bad' ones. it's difficult to break some habits, again usually the 'bad' ones. this leaves us in a bit of a pickle. i would like to form good habits, and become more disciplined. this covers a number of areas, including reading my bible, and praying. also in regularly practicing the guitar and keyboard if i ever want them to become second nature, which i do. and in relation to eating healthily and exercising regularly. and in consistently being studious and organised, and on time for things, and being nice and tidy, and being sensible with my money, or rather, lack of. these are all things i would like to improve, because i know that they are good and will benefit me, in so many ways.

so why can't i just do them?