And now that I'm thinking a tad clearer...

I just read through my last post. While it did have some good points (therefore I shall leave it where it is), it also proved to me that writing at 5 in the morning is not a good idea.

So allow me to try to remedy this.

We'll start from "The point is, what do we as humans value? And what should we value?"

Though I did like what I answered to this before, looking over it now I noticed that I missed quite a bit of the answer. I only said what we do value.

So what, then, should we value?

Think about it. What in life is going to matter? The easiest answer is that nothing matters. And that's the answer I usually would give.

But the idea of this blog isn't for the easy answers. Otherwise it wouldn't be Trains of Thought at endlesstunnels.blogspot. It would be The Train at onetrackmind.blogspot.

What matters is things that will last, things that will make you think. Things that will push you to question your answers. And, most importantly, things that will push you to God.

What we should value is conversations where we end up with new and improved concepts, not conversations where we learned some new random bit of gossip.

I payed attention to myself and to my friends yesterday and today, after writing the last post, and I noticed my favorite friends are the ones that don't waste time talking about the stuff that won't matter. Not that I don't like my other friends. I love them all. But if I were stuck in a car or on a plane or on a deserted island with one of them for a very long time, I know which ones I'd rather have around.

Think through your friends. Who would you rather have around? Why? Where will your friends get you in life? Will the things you talk about now make an important impact on your life and how you think and act in ten years? Or will you look back on any of those conversations you actually remember and ask yourself how you could have been so juvenile?

I'm not saying ditch your people. I'm just saying, maybe try to take control of the conversations. Bring up important subjects more often. And if you doing this at all, ever, makes your friends uncomfortable... Well, honestly, maybe you do need better companions.

Of course, as I said before, the pointless stuff is ok, in moderation. Meaning talking about the important stuff that makes you think is awesome, but if that's all you ever talk about your brain might implode within your head. But if you make those kind of topics take priority, eventually you'll get so used to it that everything else will seem useless anyways.

Not that I'm saying you should strictly have philosophical debates all the time. My brain would die if I did that. I'm just saying you shouldn't settle for drama.

Find the balance of what has value and what doesn't. And girls, (I can't really speak for guys since I'm not one) if you're talking about guys, who's cute, crushes, who's a cute couple, etc, that automatically has no value. Talk about Jesus instead ;) (No seriously, try this. I don't care how many times you've heard this, I really want to see a group of seemingly average teen girls who, as they walk past me, are talking about the awesomeness of God. It would make my day. No, scratch that, it would make my Life.)

Hopefully, that makes a lot more sense than last night's post. And, even more hopefully, you'll read this and decide to try it.

I have to get up early tomorrow (Early being before 10...) so, goodnight for now....

May God bless you awesomely today.

~Silver

Oh, the weight of words!

Everyone has them. That one or two people in the group that just can't stop talking about their boyfriend or girlfriend, or their current crush.

They're that one person, or two people, that you really don't mind it if they're not around.

If you don't have one of those in the group, but you've noticed you get ignored a lot, that may be you. Pay attention to what you talk about. And don't feel offended if you're reading this and you know that's you.

I don't hate you. You just annoy me a bit.

Anyways, the point of this isn't to try to eradicate those people by informing them of their existence.

The point is, what do we as humans value? And what should we value?

The people we like to hang out with are the people that either listen to our problems, or the people that don't tell anyone about their problems and therefore are fun and interesting.

Makes sense, doesn't it? If no one talked bout life's issues, the world would seem like a place of peace and happiness. Not many really do care when they ask you, "How are you?" And if they do care, chances are they're going to stop caring if you tell them.

Then again, if a person really does keep caring about other's problems, they'll end up overloaded with everything. And half of it probably won't matter in the grand scheme of things (i.e., a person's love life and its obstacles. It matters, but not enough to consume everything you talk about)

So where is the balance? Obviously, ignorance is not an option. The external bliss of ignorance comes with a price of deep internal damage.

But life isn't exactly something that people like to hear about, either. It just goes on and on, until one day it just stops. End of temporal story. Then eternity begins and nothing human really matters anyways.

How do we gauge, then, what is important to share?

I guess the only thing I can think of is, if you're talking about a single thing all the time, and the person/people you're talking to are not involved in any of what you're talking about, you're going to bore the person to death.

Meaning that tv show you always watch really won't matter to anyone who doesn't watch it. And how you met whomever is better kept in a diary, or only for when someone asks.

Judge by relevance. Judge by whether or not it has absolutely no relevance to who you're talking to, and it isn't something they can pray for or just generally help you with.

Weigh your words. They will each be counted in eternity, each remembered and judged.

Note: If it's something that you absolutely have to tell someone because it's imperative that they know, it's perfectly fine.

AND furthermore, talking about things that aren't relevant is fine IN MODERATION.

Now hopefully I've made myself clear... And obviously, these are just my thoughts and opinions. But in my opinion, this would help a lot to keep people as friends with each other.

Anywho. I'm an hour an a half past my bedtime. But I had the pressing need to write something, and this is what came out..

Peace to you all!

~ SILVER