Respect, Honor, Integrity, and Character

It has been wedding season for a while now with my friends. I do not understand how so many people blow off special occasions such as a wedding. I must admit, I have been one of those people for a good deal of my life. But I have realized that I've been making mistakes. There are certain events that only happen once in a lifetime. Or should, maybe the idea of marriage is becoming so casual that it is no longer a special occasion. Maybe we're just so dang busy that we don't have time to celebrate with anyone other than our close group of friends, and only those that entertain us. I mean what is a friend? Is it someone that is entertaining, someone we can use, and discard when we're bored? I don't think so.

I am close friends with a few guys, and that number has significantly decreased since graduating high school and college. I realized a lot of people I thought were close, weren't really as close as I had hoped. It really kind of sucks. I think its more than just people being thoughtless, I think we're just getting too busy to have relationships. I mean, right now I'm working 12 hour days, 8 at work, 4 for studying for the FE. Who has time? I'm not sure when it happened but I suddenly got amazingly busy. And I hear its only going to get busier. Maybe I just need to be more efficient with time. 

I worry sometimes about not being able to slow down. Not being able to relax. I see symptoms now and I think it's unhealthy. BUT I want to work hard. I want to come home exhausted. That is good and right and what God expects of us. This is obviously a period of my life that is going to test me, refine me, and prepare me for later in life. If you are reading this, please pray for me as I have begun the journey of adulthood. I both love it and hate it.