A Left Shoulder-Blade that is a Miracle of Loveliness
I met the most amazing person today. My mother's visiting teacher invited me to sit in on their conversation, and she's bright. She's cheerful, pretty, intelligent, educated, socially inclined, active, and well-kept. She's single and thirty-six, and she says that her thirties are much better than her twenties were. The light around her was quite contagious.
It was a blessing to hear about her perspective. She helped me see something: people who are single have a unique set of experiences. People who do not marry early have opportunities that others might not have. Each experience changes us, and gives us a pool of knowledge which benefits everyone, not only those who live it.
To have a complete set of knowledge for society some of us must take the slower path. All of us must take different paths, and then the Lord can use what we know to benefit those around us.
Being thirty-plus sounds like fun. It takes someone brilliant to show me that, and to be a kind of example that I might consider as an alternative to the misogynistic self-hatred toward which I have sometimes shown an inclination. Jesus loves me.
So it's time to start dreaming again. What will my thirties bring? A PhD? A book published? A road trip to Northern California? A full-time job at a University? A trans-Atlantic cruise to England? A total career switch? A second bachelor's degree (in theoretical physics this time)? How many student loans can I pay off in ten years? Can I start taking music lessons? Should I try to paint something again? Which city should I make my home? Do you think I'd fit in in Colorado? I'd like to own and decorate an apartment, but that's perhaps more impractical. Will I win a Hugo or Nebula? Will I style my sisters' hair for their weddings, or sew their dresses? It's a whole new decade of possibilities, and it gets closer every day. Will they turn my first bestseller into a movie? Shall I get along with my roommates, or will I find a place of my own? Will I chase down to Texas after a strong, silent ATF agent? Will I own a gun? Will I start saving up for my second mission? Should I consider joining the Peace Corps (after I pay off my car, of course)?
It all sounds like such fun, but the question looming most in my mind right now is still: Will I ever get to see the new Star Trek movie?
It was a blessing to hear about her perspective. She helped me see something: people who are single have a unique set of experiences. People who do not marry early have opportunities that others might not have. Each experience changes us, and gives us a pool of knowledge which benefits everyone, not only those who live it.
To have a complete set of knowledge for society some of us must take the slower path. All of us must take different paths, and then the Lord can use what we know to benefit those around us.
Being thirty-plus sounds like fun. It takes someone brilliant to show me that, and to be a kind of example that I might consider as an alternative to the misogynistic self-hatred toward which I have sometimes shown an inclination. Jesus loves me.
So it's time to start dreaming again. What will my thirties bring? A PhD? A book published? A road trip to Northern California? A full-time job at a University? A trans-Atlantic cruise to England? A total career switch? A second bachelor's degree (in theoretical physics this time)? How many student loans can I pay off in ten years? Can I start taking music lessons? Should I try to paint something again? Which city should I make my home? Do you think I'd fit in in Colorado? I'd like to own and decorate an apartment, but that's perhaps more impractical. Will I win a Hugo or Nebula? Will I style my sisters' hair for their weddings, or sew their dresses? It's a whole new decade of possibilities, and it gets closer every day. Will they turn my first bestseller into a movie? Shall I get along with my roommates, or will I find a place of my own? Will I chase down to Texas after a strong, silent ATF agent? Will I own a gun? Will I start saving up for my second mission? Should I consider joining the Peace Corps (after I pay off my car, of course)?
It all sounds like such fun, but the question looming most in my mind right now is still: Will I ever get to see the new Star Trek movie?
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