Comments on: Alive http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/07/20/alive/ But by the grace of God, I am what I am. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:31:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Kristen http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/07/20/alive/#comment-2195 Kristen Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:03:52 +0000 http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/07/20/alive/#comment-2195 My favorite teacher in college said something very similar. As a Jesuit teaching at a university, he often had to help students figure out what they wanted to do with their lives. The traditional way they used to figure this out was to ask three questions. What am I good at? Does the world need what I'm good at? Do I enjoy it? But this wasn't sufficient. He teaches a course with the tag line "live the life that wants to live in you" and "the life you save just might be your own." And it's exactly that which he goes after. Find what makes you alive, what ignites you, and follow it. A great quote from Annie Dillard (Catholic, I believe): "I had been my whole life a bell, and never knew it until at that moment I was lifted and struck." Those things that really make us resonate and shine outwardly...follow them. Great post! My favorite teacher in college said something very similar. As a Jesuit teaching at a university, he often had to help students figure out what they wanted to do with their lives.

The traditional way they used to figure this out was to ask three questions. What am I good at? Does the world need what I’m good at? Do I enjoy it?

But this wasn’t sufficient. He teaches a course with the tag line “live the life that wants to live in you” and “the life you save just might be your own.” And it’s exactly that which he goes after. Find what makes you alive, what ignites you, and follow it. A great quote from Annie Dillard (Catholic, I believe):

“I had been my whole life a bell, and never knew it until at that moment I was lifted and struck.”

Those things that really make us resonate and shine outwardly…follow them.

Great post!

]]> By: J http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/07/20/alive/#comment-2191 J Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:18:26 +0000 http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/07/20/alive/#comment-2191 The Journey of Desire by Eldridge was my personal "book of the year" in late '03 and early '04. I kinda hated his final conclusions in the end, really, but I could not deny that he made me think about my expectations (and disappointments because of them) in this world that is really not my home. The Journey of Desire by Eldridge was my personal “book of the year” in late ‘03 and early ‘04. I kinda hated his final conclusions in the end, really, but I could not deny that he made me think about my expectations (and disappointments because of them) in this world that is really not my home.

]]> By: Carl Holmes http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/07/20/alive/#comment-2183 Carl Holmes Sun, 22 Jul 2007 12:45:38 +0000 http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/07/20/alive/#comment-2183 I always am stimulated by Eldridge, he seems to be a very clear and cogent thinker...and he is a no B.S. type of writer. If what he needs to say fills 60 pages, he will publish it and not fill it to 150 just to look "scholarly". I always am stimulated by Eldridge, he seems to be a very clear and cogent thinker…and he is a no B.S. type of writer. If what he needs to say fills 60 pages, he will publish it and not fill it to 150 just to look “scholarly”.

]]> By: Michael http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/07/20/alive/#comment-2181 Michael Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:46:51 +0000 http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/07/20/alive/#comment-2181 Here via Blogexplosion, that book sounds interesting I may have to get me a copy. Here via Blogexplosion, that book sounds interesting I may have to get me a copy.

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