One Semester Later

So it's been about a semester since I last posted. My last final is today at noon.
God has done so many things in my life over the past few months. I never knew life could be so packed full of new experiences! I've met people that I hope to be friends with for the rest of my life, and restarted friendships with people I hadn't seen in ages.
What's been happening with me? I can't even... I mean... Wow. Well...
For starters, God has really taught me a lesson in humility. I don't HAVE to get perfect grades, and it's not the end of the world if I don't. It's ok to look stupid or make mistakes when surrounded by people I love. I'm not better than anyone else, and I don't have the right to look at people and judge them, or tell them that they aren't good enough. If God loves me, He can love them! And if He loves them, who am I to tell them He doesn't, or that it's harder to earn my love than God's? But I've also had to balance that with the idea that loving someone and not judging them doesn't mean that I think their actions are acceptable, necessarily... It's difficult to find the happy medium between "Hey man, do whatever you want, it's all good" and "How could you do such a terrible thing? We can't be friends." But neither of those options is loving, or even any fun. So yeah.
I've learned about psychological disorders, and what it feels like in my hand to get the shading just right, and how to loosen up and be OK with a little bit of abstraction, and that the Gospels are a lot more different from each other than I thought in important and interesting ways, and that Dr. Steven Moore can dance, and that just because a professor seems unapproachable and rude doesn't mean I can't learn to like them and get them to like me back.
I've learned that I can't park in that lot between Mabee, the library, and the Admin building during the day, but I CAN after the work day ends. The coffee shop in the library makes delicious smoothies, but they cost a lot.If the professor says to check the blog, check the blog for goodness sakes, it's not that difficult. Planning to leave my house at 7:45 will not get me to my 8:00 on time, but leaving at 7:30 will make me ten minutes early. Starting an assignment RIGHT when it's assigned doesn't mean less free time, it means a better grade and less stress later. Walking around campus talking with someone on the spur of the moment can be the best decision I make all day. It can also be a complete waste of time. These two are not non-compatible (AKA wasting time is OK as long as it's not time that would otherwise be important). Dancing is good excercise, not as awkward as it looks, and also not as hard as it looks (except for the easy parts, which are way harder).And sometimes it's OK to not post as much as you'd like to if it means you can get other things (things with ACTUAL deadlines) done, too. On that note, I'll write more later. :)