RE-FLEX-I-ON

Today has been a very enlightening day for me. There a few incidents that led to it. I wouldn't say it was a bad day. I mean, I got to watch Fast & Furious 5 after what seems to be sooo long. Spent time with............I'll get to that next time.

Well, why I said today was enlightening is because, Firstly, I realized that, gossiping really packs a punch. Yea of course we all know it hurts and sh*t. But to truly understand how the one on the receiving end feels. Man... It stings. And I'm not even ON the receiving end, HECK, I don't even like the dude. But still, I felt really really REALLY bad for him. So I halfa**edly tried defending him. And somehow only managed to make things worse. Sorry dude, I tried. And at that moment, I did a sort of reflection of myself. In this area. GOSSIPING. How many people have I gossiped about in my life? Yea sure, at that time when it's happening it's funny, but must we really put other people down in order for us to have a good time or for whatever reason at all? Well. Food for thought for all of us I guess.

Secondly, I realized that when I drive, I turn into an asshole. And I cuss a lot. Okay fine. I cuss a lot even when I'm not driving, but I'm working on that. And that's not even the point. The point is, driving made me say sh*t I didn't even know I could bring myself to say and act like an asshole. This reminds me of one of Rev. Vincent's sermon. He once preached about how this guy had a bumper sticker saying "SMILE. Jesus loves you." But when a car cut his lane, he got pissed and gave the other driver the finger and was cussing all the way. He wasn't smiling at all. And yea. I may have changed the story a bit, but who cares? You're missing the point again!

This actually made me think. A LOT. I'm not only talking about just while on the road or about gossiping, but in every aspect of my life, am I REALLY reflecting Jesus in my life. Or setting Jesus as the ULTIMATE role model in my life and strive to be just like him? (the whole "What.Would.Jesus.do?" thingy) Well, obviously not. We can't all be saints. Though I'm not too sure if God will accept that excuse on judgement day.

But I think I'll start trying harder from now on.

I THINK.