Fellowship With Wilderness

Oh yes- it's time to come back and gather my thoughts. Some spiritual and some down to earth and some funny (if only to me). I like putting my thoughts together like this and find that blogging is something that I have come to enjoy.

So this weekend I went to the BYX Formal in Gatlinburg, TN which was a blast! Thank you Chris Laney; my date. He was the best date I've ever had and I really had a fun time! And I think I realized a few things about myself- about the way I act in different settings around people I haven't met before, people I have but don't know well and those goofy people that I always have a good time with because I know they like me for me.

I realized that I have to be myself in all facets of life because that consistency makes me someone that's easier to relate to and a "safe" person- my behavior is pretty much the same in most scenarios. My roommates and close friends may be able to say that there are some exceptions to this rule but I want my life to be consistent.
Well I realized that is much harder to say and do. For instance, how I treat people I like and people I just don't get along with. Where does the consistency meet the pavement and the selfishness hit the road?

I don't know but I know that this weekend was the most nature I've seen in a while. And to relate back to the title of my post- the views of the Smoky Mountains were just breathtaking and the streams of running water that we drove along for some of the trip just was amazing to behold. In my class I'm learning about evolution and after my "fellowship with wilderness" this weekend how can you not believe in some greater being that organized this planet? I don't know but I know that the forests I saw made me realize that gasp Tennessee isn't full of backwood hillbillies that only like UT football because they don't know any better. I still hold the last clause to be true but with the views I saw this weekend I don't blame those backwoods hillbillies for staying away from the smog of city life for a chance at a view like theirs.