Not so well

You know the thing about having a blog... is how it tells you that you're quite fickle.
Because everything is recorded, my former thoughts are ever accusing my latter.

I think the sensation of optimism has largely waned and perhaps, as some would say, it is finally sinking in. This was a big problem for me the past few days, but I wasn't left to face it alone.

When the going gets tough, tough get going. I see that this is true now in another sense. Tough going makes the priorities in life so much clearer. It also shows me the areas in which I am lacking. Somehow God's word speaks out louder than ever as well, with random Facebook posts and sharings pointing and re-pointing me to God.

http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/five-pieces-of-advice-for-young-men

Check this out. I hope it'll help you as it did for me.

Have a plan for maturity. I don't know if I've ever thought of pursuing maturity for itself. As far as I can remember, maturity was an instrument to reach what immaturity cannot reach for me. It was also a reaction to the growing responsibilities in life. Do I think of it as a good thing? I probably only thought of it as necessary.
I suppose the challenges in life are meant for the shaping of our character... but perhaps the test of a true man is that he is always pursuing growth, not waiting for his environment to require it of him. After all, if perfection is what we are chasing, there's no time to sit and wait for circumstances.

Investing in your friends. Well, I have no male friends I can look up to. At least, none of them particularly inspires me (or maybe I'm too arrogant to see why I should be inspired). The ones who may... well they're really too busy for any of this business. I think I need to take this seriously. There are many things I keep to myself because I do not know of anyone I can share them with... and perhaps they are things which are inappropriate to share with girls. Well this is certainly an area of lack in my life... it's time to stop joking about it, in a certain conceited manner because haha I have so many female friends, and actually get down to finding some.

I'm not so well... and then again, I am well.
This is what it means to be safe in the hands of God I suppose.