How I've Grown

How I've grown and what have I done? I've grown a lot in my time here at Wayne State College. In my first semester here, I really discovered myself. Before I got to Wayne, I was the kid that got picked on a lot so they just wouldn't talk much to prevent from getting made fun of. I've taken a complete 180 from that. I've grown to not care about what people think of me, but mostly I've grown to see that what the world needs is that person who doesn't care what people think. If you look at those who've contributed the most to our society, they've been the one's to stand out because they didn't care what people thought of them, they took the chance of getting ridiculed.

I've grown to be comfortable with a loud personality because 1) it's fun to be loud and be known and 2) relating to what I said above, I know I'm making a difference here at Wayne State, maybe not in the lives of everyone, or even a tenth of them, but I know that I have impacted at least one; and if I can just keep sight of that, that I've made a difference in a life, even if just one, I know I've succeeded more than a wealthy person who's famously known.

I've grown to love being loud, but I've also learned that I love leading. Whether it be the leader of a small group, leadership of a major campus organization, or in Wayne. I've grown to reach out to those who are looking for a hand, to learn how to keep my eyes open so I can be that "hand". I've also been intentional with people. Instead of holding a door open for a stranger and letting them go without even getting their name, I've become more apt to use that to "open a door" later on to get to know them, to build a relationship with them, and be their friend.

Really, I think that's how I've grown the most. Thanks for stoppin' by!

The Difference

This isn't my post for the assignment we were given to blog about, this is just something that I was thinking about tonight thats just apart from the assignment and felt like being constructive and put it down somewhere for whatever reason, so I chose to blog about it.

Today in class, we were split up into groups. There where maybe four or five groups all having one common stand point, in which the student chose which one they'd like to work on ie. health and fitness, spirituality, nutrition, etc. Honestly, I wasn't aware and chose to go with the spirituality and religion because I feel it's one that I can closely tie to being a follower of Christ.

I'm not judging, I'm just observing. I noticed alot in my group that alot of the members wanted to start being more religious again. That's great. I was intrigued because there is a fine line between spirituality and religious. Defined, religious is basically to be superstitious and to follow a religion. While spiritual relates more so ones walk with Christ, learning to walk the Lord, to live our lives under the influence of the Holy Spirit.

You see, they're not the same thing. In my small group, I heard a lot of sayings like "I need to be more religious". Ok...well...being religious is good, but it's not going to help you with more than a temporary "pat on the back" feel good feeling. Anyone can be religious about anything, I can be religious in playing my roommates Xbox 360 if I put enough time and effort into it and hold it on a pedestal over something else..*poof*..I've just become a religious Xbox player.

You see, it's the spiritual side that you need to become connected with. Without a connection to Christ, going to Church isn't going to do a lot for you. It's complete submission to Jesus Christ that is what's going to do it for you. To be connected with the Holy Spirit. I didn't say anything because these are my classmates and I didn't want to offend them by calling it as I see it like I am now. So....I guess thats all that was on my mind. There's a fine line between religious and spiritual. Religious is more about the practices while spirituality is more about the relationship with a higher being (Jesus Christ). Alrighty world, well thanks for listening. Have a good night!

--Andrew