Cover Band

If I was a high-powered executive making tons of money selling some random product, I would struggle deeply with feeling like my life was worthless. But if I was in a really good 1980s metal cover band, I would genuinely feel like I was doing something of eternal significance. Is that weird?

I don't really care what I do, specifically, with my life. Long-term I don't really care what job I have or where I live. I just want to do something to either inspire people, serve people, reflect God's image, or change the world. And if I can't do any of those things, I'd like to at least use my life to help shelter others (even briefly) from the cold darkness of the world. To be a cozy fire to those who are freezing -- a shade for those dying in the desert.

Cliche

The brilliance of an author doesn't lie in the profundity of her thinking. It lies in her ability to say the profound without using a cliche -- cliches are all most of us have.

Regret

People (including me) sometimes refuse to take risks for fear of regret. But I've never regretted any risk I've taken in my life. Think about the biggest risks you've taken. How many of them do you honestly wish you'd never gone for? When trying to decide whether or not to take a risk, I don't think fear of regret should play as big a part of the discussion as it usually does.

Incidentally, I suspect that for most people, sin is the biggest source of regret in life, maybe followed by missed opportunities.

Roller Coaster II

Life is like riding a badass rollercoaster that crashes a lot -- dangerous, uncontrollable, scary -- but way more fun than the kiddie rides.