It's stuff like this that makes think you'll do well in college.

Your talk about the morning being a gift reminds me of a kinda cheesy line that I liked from Kung Fu Panda )Hans Zimmer did the music (with the help of John Powell, I think)! Listen to the song 'Oogway Ascends,' it's pretty awesome!), that Oogway says to the panda )haha, can't remember his name), "Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift, that is why it is called a present." )Profound puns for the win!)

I was always terrified when I got my arm stuck in a chair like that!

Anyway. A common misconception people have is thinking that humility is thinking bad of yourself. It's not, humility is not thinking of yourself at all. In fact, being so consumed with how bad a person you are is itself a form of pride! I greatly encourage you to go back and read Winnie the pooh, and pay close attention to each of the characters. I haven't had much opportunity to test this theory, but I'm fairly confident that each of the animals is supposed to represent a different form of pride. It's quite genius, if that's really the case. The obvious ones would be Owl and Rabbit (if I recall correctly), oh, and tigger, of course; Owl's always thinking he has the answer to everything, Rabbit thinks he's the only one that can do anything right, and Tigger's just obsessed with himself in general. But take a look at the other characters, like Piglet and Eeyore (I can't remember many of the others or their characters). Piglet's always afraid of being embarrassed, He's so unsure of himself; he doesn't end up doing anything, 'cause he's afraid of what everyone might think. And Eeyore is so self-absorbed, he doesn't think of anybody but himself! It's one of the worst forms of pride, in my opinion.

So I wouldn't really say that self-worth is what you need, but self-thought that you want to totally avoid. That, to me, is true humility.

I really want to go back and read many of the classic stories, 'cause I'm pretty sure that society nowadays has sort of brought on me an inaccurate idea of what they're about. Recently, I've been noticing small details that really intrigue. Pooh Bear is a pretty major character in the stories, I don't know. Like I said earlier, my theory is in an early stage of development; I'm not sure where Pooh bear fits into it all.

I don't mean to say thinking on how to improve yourself is a bad thing. My thought process was just: Christianity is all about how you treat other people and all sin is self-oriented, if you don't think about yourself and are constantly thinking about others, there isn't much opportunity for self-oriented actions. If you're constantly thinking about how you can help other people, I certainly wouldn't take that as negative self-thought, 'cause it's still centered around other people.

Haha, it's going to take a while, that's for sure. You're scaring me with all this after college talk, though. I'm trying to get working on it, I'm trying! I think the main thing I really should get done is my language. I think that should help quite a bit with my world's progress.

I have story ideas for a few different eras, but my world is so open to different possibilities; I don't think it has enough concrete aspects to it for a story just yet. Your stories, even though there isn't a whole lot of specific detail in the world, give a good illusion of a larger world. Some stories are better for their lack of explanation; it's treating your audience with a kind of respect by allowing them to figure it out; you're not calling them stupid by explaining each individual meaning of everything. Your stories may be "small," in that they don't physically contain much, but they give the idea of so much more )your story with the war, with the dragons and humans fighting together, comes to mind; I cannot remember the name).

And my world probably only boggles your mind 'cause of my poor explaining capabilities. It's difficult to explain an idea in your head, and for me it's especially difficult )at least, I believe so; some people seem to be able to explain things so elegantly), and then add the greater difficulty of doing it through text, without any visual help. I hope this is effective practice for learning better explanation techniques for college, and just things in general.

Yay, you're back! )Now, I'm expecting another long delay before your next post).

Wonderful! Haha, like I should be talking, it's going on a month since my last update. Guess I should get on the pretty soon here. I want to make another update about my world )which I still have yet to name).