All Matters of Dopeness (Musings and Comedy in Erie's World)

As a kid I used to always hear, “You are what you eat”.   The thought behind this was that whatever you ingest will exit your body.   Though this phrase was some kind of campaign for healthier eating choices many people saw its usefulness in applying to the spiritual dynamics of life.   Whatever you feed yourself is what you live out.   If you feast on shadiness and hypocrisy than you will vomit those things out in the lives of people you interact with.   If you continue to feast on yourself (being all about your desires and wants only), to the exclusion of others, then selfishness and self-centeredness will come out as your rulers.   If you let envy and jealousy be your fuel and motivation for moving ahead then you will continue to be a jealous-hearted hater all your life.   What goes in comes out—whether you like it or not.   I think this was the issue with the “Sheeps and the Goats” Jesus had.   Matthew 25 records Jesus as saying that Fath...

A short while ago Oprah actually had a show talking about things that women learn in their thirties.  I had been saying that my learning curve happened in my twenties and continues in my 30s.  I have always been thought of as a person who is wise beyond her years but there are somethings you just can't learn until you have lived and taken some lumps and suffered some bruises.  For some reason I thought I learned that a lot of people are grimy and selfish when I was young. My first bestfriend dated my first "boyfriend" behind my back when I was in grammar school and my other bestfriend did the same thing to me behind my back when I was a freshmen in highschool. I concluded people were scandalous early on and was proven right repeatedly, but it never phased me much.  I just kept it moving.  I had no idea that there was intense seasons of life coming to teach me more about people. ...