Man, you got to love scavenger hunts, especially the kind that have a moral theme. Most times we associate medicine with physical ailments instead of something that can help you spiritually grow into a better person. But what if there were something that could do that very thing? After putting a lot of thought into it, I decided I would like to focus on six medicines, including Courage, Faith, Patience, Wisdom, Strength, and Integrity. However, I was only able to find four of them.
When the word “courage” comes to mind, the first thing I think of is the Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz. He is probably one of my favorite characters from any movie ever made. I feel like I could use more courage in my life because I am often scared to try things that I haven’t done before. While trying things doesn’t come easy to me, I know that putting myself in those sometimes uncomfortable positions helps me grow as a person.
Growing up at a Catholic grade school for nine years of my life, I was naturally a little turned off by the idea of God and Religion. Everything was getting repetitive and overplayed. I was bored of Jesus and felt no longer felt a need to have faith after I graduated from 8th grade. However, now I am starting to see the importance of faith and wish that I could, once again, make it part of who I am.
I added patience to this list yesterday because I realized over the past to days how much I need to work on it. When I got back from my lacrosse tournament over the weekend, I was sun-burned, soar, and cranky. When my parents asked me the simplest questions I cracked and didn’t show any sign of patience towards anyone. However, at the same time my parents probably could have been a little more patient toward me considering how insanely tired I was.
I aspire to one day be a respected old man with a foot-long beard rocking on his rocking chair, sipping an Arnold Palmer, and dishing out wise sayings like it’s my job. With this goal in mind, Wisdom was an obvious choice to focus on.
I picked strength for the pure reason that I am really weak and scrawny. I really wish I was jacked and strong. And while I understand that I am using the wrong definition of strength, I thought I’d try a long shot with the medicine idea.
Finally, I picked Integrity. I try to be as open to enlightenment as possible, but I still feel like I’m not nearly at the level of integrity that I try to be.
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