Filed under: Time for an Adventure!
So Paul and I had some cravings the others day….
We want us some Wahoo’s Fish tacos. I love Wahoo’s, who doesn’t love wahoos? They ave yummy tacos and they’re great 
if you’re on a budget becuase you can get two tacos for like three bucks. It used to be a staple of my diet when I used to work in Hunington Beach.
So here’s the plan: This Saturday, March 10th, I work the day shift at good ol’ CPK. So after I get off work around 5:30 Paul and I are going to head down to Hunington for some yummy tacos and some time on the sand and we would love it if you joined us. Paul is a total quality time guy….he just loves to be around people. So come on all you blurkers and blog stalkers send me an email to let me know if you’re up for some great tacos, great beach time, and great company!
P.S. Yes, I do know that there are Wahoos Tacos closer then Hunington, but it just wouldn’t be the same.
So I am continuing my journey with Faust and my Asian professor. I just admire him because he makes me think on a different level. Sometimes it’s nice to consider ideas beyond ‘whats for dinner tonight?’
This is what the discussion has been about: self determination vs. self gratification
The premise of the idea is that you can have on or the other but not both. Self determination is the ability to make decisions free from influence. Self gratification is the act of gratifying oneself.
Here’s why you can’t have both; if you are living a life that’s sole purpose is to satisfy your every whim then you are not living a self determined life, you are living under the influence of your desires and what it takes to fulfill them. You’re ability to make decisions for yourself diminishes. In the story, Faust losses all of his ability to be self determining because he has allowed Mephisto (the devil) to direct all of his actions in order to fulfill his desires. It gets to the point where Faust isn’t even able to decide for himself what it is that he desires any more, everything is passive aggressively controlled by Mephisto.
Sound familiar?
It is the same in my own life with sin. The first time I give into self gratification and sin I open the door for the devil to come in and keep hounding me, if I continue to give into sin I lose all control of my life and like an addict I live only for the desires of my heart…and its not like I have all that noble of a heart either.
I think that’s why Christ is so freeing. He shows me that there is so much for to life then myself and that’s an exit. I’m not perfect, I struggle each day to remember that I need to keep the door shut on the devil but as I learn not to live under the influence of my desires and more under the influence of Christ seeing the world around me gets a little bit easier.
