User blog comment:Keplers/An Important Question/@comment-4257955-20151208172420


 * I want to make an impact on the people I interact with, showing the love of Christ to everyone. I very much would like to get married, most likely no kids, but if God wants us to adopt, I'll gladly do it. Ideally, a simple and classy apartment in a city. I don't care too much about the home dealio. And it would be great to go to a nice college, but test scores and finances have to line up for that. I figure wherever I go will be an opportunity I have to invest in.
 * A life that's centered around compassion and kindness toward others and spiritual and personal growth for myself. I want to write books that provoke thoughts, introduce ideas, and foster cooperation and conversations that breach partisan boundaries. Now, I don't know if that will happen for sure, but that's my goal. Nevertheless, I want to do my best to cause this in my friend groups and social circles in life, books or not. And I want to do this because I've noticed that Christianity, I think, has failed in letting outside perspectives in, and allowing followers of Christ to discuss issues and life's winding roads openly and honestly with each other. I want for there to be a rawer, fresher faith among us, and I hope I can be a catalyst for that.
 * To be an author, perhaps a counselor, definitely be involved in a church family somewhere, to get married, to do my best to further peace on earth, etc.
 * I think I'm on a better trajectory than I was two-three years ago. I figure things will be rough at times, but I'm more prepared now to look past the hills for the better days. I'm writing two books (one on hold) at the moment, and I think those will be places to start when they're done around the time I'm in college, I project. If those are received well, maybe I'll be more assured that life will go how I would like than not. But who knows? I know God does, and I'll have to be frustratingly satisfied with that for the time being.
 * I'm trying to get lots of advice and counsel from friends, learning things, keeping an open mind, grounding myself with Jesus and spirituality, stuff like that. It's helped me grow my understanding of God and life the past few years and I think that'll only continue as I get older. I'm confident that's giving me a decent foundation for the real deal.

Wow, that was very wordy. Hopefully I don't sound pretentious.