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It's All About the Primary Appraisal

Today was one of those days where I didn't get quite as much done as I would have liked to, but I'm alright with that because I took some time to really settle some things and 'smell the roses' in my life, as my dad would say. The over-arching theme of my musing lately has been around the issue of contentment: I'm not content, I would be content if...(fill in the blank), I was content until...(again, fill in the blank), and Why has my mindset changed when the circumstances of my life haven't? This all came to a head over the weekend (oh the irony of wrestling with contentment on Thanksgiving weekend!), but felt wholly unsettled until I was driving home just now. Amazingly, the most simple way to explain the conclusion that I've come to is by telling you about a class I'm taking at school! I should add a small disclaimer here: There are two things that you should know about me. First, I'm the type of student who actually really loves school, and as ...

Word.

I like to think of myself as being a pretty 'down with it' person - I've got swag, I like to rap nursery rhymes, I even use the peace sign to say hi to my friends. All in all, I'm pretty gangster...at least according to me. And since I'm so gangster, I have it on good authority that my title for this post is, quite simply, epic. Why? because it has two meanings. Firstly - it sounds super gangster! 'word.' (I'm imagining a super g'd up from the feet up guy saying it right now...and now I'm picturing my good friends, Mark and Jeremy, laughing at me for even trying to be gangster at all. Come on guys, work with me here!!)...word. Secondly (and more to the point) - it is, in fact, a part of my life that I cannot survive without. The Word. The Bible. Literally God-breathed words that challenge my will, change my mind, and settle my heart. I haven't performed the study, but I can tell you that based on observation alone, there is a stron...