Philosophical Ponderings: The Mundane
Everyday life is pretty dull. At least for me, maybe you too. I get up, go to class, go to work, fit homework in there somewhere, and if I'm lucky some time with friends; always dreaming of something more exciting, adventurous, more meaningful. More days of my life are shaded with grey than colored with vibrant reds, oranges, purples, blues, greens, and yellows (yes, I wanted to list them all off). But are they really? You can define mundane as dull but you can also contrast it with the heavenly, spiritual; therefore, it's of this earth. (At least that's what google tells me.) A professor here at school said something along the lines of learning to see God and know Him more by the cracks of the sidewalk, the street, etc. I thought, "What the heck is that supposed to mean?" I hope to spend the rest of my life discovering it! For now, I think he was challenging us to see God in the everyday occurrences. (Don't worry I'll connect all these la...