Stuff I'm Learning and Maybe Taking Up Swearing
"I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else."--C.S. Lewis
"Unveil yourself, God of glory. Wake us up to know you, Savior-King. Enlighten the eyes of our hearts. Drive away the darkness that blinds, chokes, and shrinks us. Make us see." --Dr. Powlison from the book of Ephesians
I told Geoff that I think I'm going to need to take up swearing. With all this reading that I'm doing, things can get very heavy and intense. And I don't mean cerebrally. I mean spiritually, emotionally, there is some serious weight. And so, when I'm chatting with him I want things to be really light and fun and well, easy. So, he's telling me about his students and about some of the excuses they give about their work. I'm like, "Oh, that's like totally whacked." Okay, that's not necessarily swearing but here's a better example: We were having dinner at some friends' and she said, "Maria, what should we do? How would you counsel us?" In an effort to assure them that I was neither judging them nor attempting to counsel them I laughed nervously and said, "Man, I don't know. If it were me, I'd probably lose my shit."
It's kind of a stress-breaker for me. I think it's funny. I guess I think doing it is funny. When her kids spill, my friend Maggie tells them, "Take your hands off and say 'Oh well!" Instead of having a coronary, she shrugs. Her sweet little kids look into the milk pool, unscrew their little hands, toss them over their shoulder, and giggle. I think it's like that. Like throwing up your hands at human nature, our shortcomings, our limitations and saying, oh well. Or as Anne Lamott says, "We are all fucked unto the Lord." I think I have to approach my studies this way, or I would be like the cliche med student who diagnoses himself sick with everything he studies. I would look into the depth of original sin's implications on my life, look at the pain in the lives of those around me, and just simply wither.
So forgive me. Forgive if when I blog here, I "use the swears."
"Unveil yourself, God of glory. Wake us up to know you, Savior-King. Enlighten the eyes of our hearts. Drive away the darkness that blinds, chokes, and shrinks us. Make us see." --Dr. Powlison from the book of Ephesians
I told Geoff that I think I'm going to need to take up swearing. With all this reading that I'm doing, things can get very heavy and intense. And I don't mean cerebrally. I mean spiritually, emotionally, there is some serious weight. And so, when I'm chatting with him I want things to be really light and fun and well, easy. So, he's telling me about his students and about some of the excuses they give about their work. I'm like, "Oh, that's like totally whacked." Okay, that's not necessarily swearing but here's a better example: We were having dinner at some friends' and she said, "Maria, what should we do? How would you counsel us?" In an effort to assure them that I was neither judging them nor attempting to counsel them I laughed nervously and said, "Man, I don't know. If it were me, I'd probably lose my shit."
It's kind of a stress-breaker for me. I think it's funny. I guess I think doing it is funny. When her kids spill, my friend Maggie tells them, "Take your hands off and say 'Oh well!" Instead of having a coronary, she shrugs. Her sweet little kids look into the milk pool, unscrew their little hands, toss them over their shoulder, and giggle. I think it's like that. Like throwing up your hands at human nature, our shortcomings, our limitations and saying, oh well. Or as Anne Lamott says, "We are all fucked unto the Lord." I think I have to approach my studies this way, or I would be like the cliche med student who diagnoses himself sick with everything he studies. I would look into the depth of original sin's implications on my life, look at the pain in the lives of those around me, and just simply wither.
So forgive me. Forgive if when I blog here, I "use the swears."
posted by Maria at
2:32 PM
1 Comments:
when the kids have done something "bad" or I'm warning them not to do something "bad" I like to tell them that I will "kick their ass." That way they know I'm serious (I hope) and it lightens the moment. Also, studies have shown that swearing relieves stress. I would say a little does. Too much causes more! As for "totally whacked", that's not swearing but using inappropriate language for your age and intellect. Like when I say "fo-shizzle."
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