Written Words
I often lament the dissapearance of casual reading from my life. During the school semesters I almost never read casually. This is sad for me, I really enjoy reading casually. While on break I will often consume several books. Over christmas break I read the whole of “The Count of Monte Christo” and began reading “The Brothers Karamazov”. Since returning to school I have probably read no more than 5 pages from Dostoevsky. I simply don’t feel that I can set aside the time to read on a regular basis. Television has taken and even lower priority than reading, so I guess I don’t feel that I have become a total slob.
Now something most unusual happened last night, I spent well over two hours studying. In my entire life I doubt I have ever studied for that long consecutively. I have spent far more than that amount of time working on a project, or writing a paper, but just sitting down and studying!?! I copied my notes, I read the book, I had Becca quiz me on stuff. It was crazy. I feel like I still need to spend some more time getting ready for these midterms though. Yes, that’s right, I just said I should study more!
There is one exception to my almost complete lack of reading, and this is some Bible study. It’s something that I honestly should be doing a lot more. I am lucky if I can read from the bible more than a few times each week. Everyone says that you should have a regular time each day to sit and study the bible by yourself. I rarely take more than a half-hour to do that, and it’s not on any set schedule. The one time that I have the most fun reading the Bible is at a Monday night bible study where we all meet at Daylight Donuts for an hour and just read and discuss a chapter. It’s probably the most fun I have had with a bible study in a long time. It’s so informal un-structured that I feel like we are all learning together and having honest discussion.
Well, time to go to work. I hope I get a chance to write something again soon.