Day-8: "Unless...

Tonight I laid next to Daniel and read him The Lorax. We've watched the 2012 movie and handful of times and always enjoy it. This was our first reading and Daniel was a little confused because the movie and book are slightly different - which makes since because the book takes 15 minutes to read and the movie runs for 95 minutes.

On a totally cute note, the book obviously contains no songs but that didn't stop Daniel from humming them while I read.

The book is a fable for corporate greed vs. the environment and the danger it poses to nature (says wiki). I get that - but I don't care - it's fun to read and even more fun to watch. Also The Lorax gives us this:

 

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's Note. -- the Lorax

I'm not a huge quote person. I can probable spout off and identify as many or more than most people, but I don't use quotes as prove I'm right. They are not my facts as to why I believe something - quotes are soundbites, they sound nice, are sometimes profound and useful but typically used out of context and molded to the quote reciter's needs for or against something.

A person can take lines from scripture and quote them to make claims that the Bible is against women's right, pro slavery, against miscegenation and we should stone Sunday workers, among other extremely inhumane and unchristian stances. I don't use the Bible to do such things, maybe the Westboro Baptist Church, but not me. I try to take scripture in its entirety, with the understating of when it occurred, when it was recorded, how many times it's been translated ad how far Michigan is from the Middle East, to mold my faith.  I use quotes as accents or starting points to form, grow, expand, highlight or debate ideas.

Daniel and I briefly talked about what that quote meant and why I appreciate it so much. We talked about how he raised money for the American Heart Association because he cares. We also talked about the need to watch out in life, to see what we can and should care about, to make it better.

My heart doesn't always bleed like it could and I don't always make things better. I don't ever see myself leaving my possessions behind and taking up the missionary's burden. I know God has plans for us all and he does not give us more than we can handle. Just as Daniel and I talked about, I'm looking, listening and searching for what I should care an awful lot about, to make it better.


Started the day at 203, didn't really crave food and wasn't sure what I was going to write about until I sat down.