Building Character

Current Reads
I'm reading a book called 'Who You Are When No One's Looking'. It's about building character as opposed to reputation. It's only 113 pages in length, but I have been reading it for about 3 weeks, give or take.

See, it's not because I don't have time to read or because I am a slow reader. Each chapter is about 10 pages of amazing. It is a wealth of information. I love that Hybels puts examples of his own life into it to help illustrate what he means.

I recommend that you read it. It's a good one. Even if you don't care for the religious parts of it.. building your character is still something you should consider. I get a lot of inspiration from this book in my blogs.

I also really enjoy this book because as I read, I feel like.. it is a mirror for me. It shows me the things that I do.. that are on the correct path. It also shows me where I am weak and where I lack.. and those are the parts that I focus on. I don't really focus on what I do right because it's just.. defeating the purpose. Haha.

Sacrificial Love
I'm on the chapter about Sacrificial Love. That's what true love is.. I believe it too. Just read John 3:16. When Hybels says: "Love inevitably costs me something, usually the three commodities most precious to me -- my time, my energy, and my money."

I totally agree. Last year during Lent, when I decided to "give up my time", I realized that what I gave up was a lot more than just my time. I gave up my time, my energy, and a lot of my money. It took time to cook food and host dinner. It took time to write encouragements and meet with people. Love is sacrificial, but I don't really like thinking of it that way, even if it's true. I try to focus more on the love part rather than the sacrifice part.

And there's something that I realize. I will never be rich, because I give back whenever I can. I'm not trying to say I am 'oh so holy' or that I have such a 'great character'- not at all. I know that it sounds this way, but that's why I'm writing in this blog. Because I can write and be truly HONEST in my thoughts. This is my character.. this is who I am when no one's looking... AND when people are looking.


... I need to finish this later. I gotta work on Geometry.