I just got back from dinner with a person I'm becoming really good friends with. It seems like I come back with every conversation wither her with a new outlook on a situation, and it's so easy to feel positive after hearing her perspective on life... definitely a good person to spend time around. We talked a lot about God, and the amazing things which he is capable of doing. We talked about changing the world, even if it just means talking to one nerdy kid in the middle of Mexico. We talked about the beauty of God's creation, and how easy it is to see it EVERYWHERE, if you just stop and look - how it is in people, the stars, trees, DNA, and everything else. We talked about what it means to give glory to God, and we talked about how life-changing it would be if we could do that every day, all the time. We talked about the Superbowl, and who God would cheer for (sort of), and elephant-shaped waffles.

But here's the question that I want to think about over the next week... my friend asked me what I like most about myself - the attribute I like most, the one I would like to develop and embrace. Because if I do something that utilizes and develops that trait in my life then it will be awfully hard to be dissatisfied with what I'm doing. I guess the one trick to that is to make sure that the trait I like most, the one I'm basing this all on, is one that I genuinely like, and that God has put on my heart. For so long, my favorite thing about myself was my intelligence. And maybe that's OK, but I think it could only be OK if I can take that trait or skill as something that God has given me, not something that gives me worth.

Interesting stuff, I think.