Winter Conf

For some reason I've thought of random events in the past. A few of them, pertaining to my Walk, stood out a little more than others. I think, a really pivotal event was Winter Conference.

Looking at the after-effect, there is definitely a few effects that lingered for a bit...

- Glass box: In reference to that desire to "seek answers from the world"...we all had times where we're just searching for our place (indeed, many of us are still there), or seeing something that looks appealing from the outside, but when we actually got there, was not what we thought it was. "Grass is greener on the other side," right? So imagine being locked in a glass box, always seeing the "ideal" world... but sometimes, we find that, once we're actually there, the "ideal" isn't so "ideal" anymore...being careful of what you ask for. Know what you're asking for. Know yourself well enough to know what to ask for.

- Spiritual high: For myself, exiting events like the Conference...or Retreats, we tend to get a kind of a sugar high off of things. Just really passionate about stuff, until eventually the mundane life kicks in and we're re-introduced to reality. I complain about this sometimes, yet... what is the key? What's the difference between attending a massive conference in a fancy hotel and singing with 5000 people, as oppose to standing in a classroom and singing with 120 people? What's the difference between praying or reading or listening in that type of environment...and doing the exact same thing at home? Can't remember where it is, but the Bible states that whenever two or more gathers in His name, He is there. I think, because we don't put as much focus on daily prayer and devos, we lose out on certain focus...we lose out on seeing the bigger picture...we lose out...

- Walking: Complacency is a huge thing to struggle against. Sure, sometimes we can say "it's good enough" to things...but there are stuff that can't be compromised. As an Engineering student, one of the first things that was driven into us was, whatever we do, it matters. Engineers, unlike the other professions like lawyers, don't tend to have bad names. And whenever an engineering flaw occurs, it get ripped apart in the media (Quebec bridge collapse, anyone? 1918, I believe), and we as an engineering community learn a bit more. I guess I'm think of the stuff I wrote about yesterday as well...investing in the future generations...humans are indeed social creatures. Society is built by people, not by one person. We associate with each other in order to strive forward, to learn from each other. To depend on each other, to walk together. I'm not saying that we keep driving everyone forward. I've come to realize that's impossible. But pick a few people. Stick with them. You never know...to the grads, it was a handful of steps with a frosh. To that frosh, it may have been another pivotal event that changed his point of view forever.

Life begins at university? Maybe. After we got out of all our angry teen years during...our angry teen years. After we've been punished enough outside the box to want to crawl back in. *shrug* we'll see?

Ohoh. When you see the letters STM, what do you think of first?

"A photon is energy in form of light. A phonon is energy in form of vibration." - ECE209