Once a year, we get the opportunity to relive an hour of our life.
I know it doesn’t really work like that, but that’s the way I like to think about it.
One of these years I would like to be brave and do something with that hour that I would not normally do but want to do.
This year, I just want to go to bed.
PS — I really like Pink’s new CD. You should check it out.
These are all post cards that have been mailed to PostSecret. If you’ve never seen it, check it out at: http://postsecret.blogspot.com/
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I love this girl. Her name is roomie. haha. 
She’s engaged now. I remember her saying she wasn’t getting married until she was like 40. But I’m happy she decided that earlier is ok.
That’s all.
In my Intro to Counseling class we have covered a lot about Person Centered Therapy. PCT is basically allowing your client to talk about their problem and find their own solution. You, as the counselor, pretty much just listen and use reflective listening (”So I sense that you’re feeling frustrated with…”) to assure the client that you are truly listening and encourage them to keep talking about and working through their issue. You never give them a solution, encourage them that they are doing the right thing (or discourage them from doing the wrong one), tell them what they are feeling, or make their problem out to be anything more or less than what they think it is.
You let them feel what they are feeling… and you listen. You walk them through brainstorming possible solutions, but you do not give them possible solutions. You guide them in setting a goal, but you do not set the goal for them or suggest one you think will work. You follow up with them to see how things are going, but again never lead them in anyway… always following, always listening.
PCT is basically a person talking to themselves with another person in the room.
I wonder, if God in prayer would consider Himself a PCT kinda guy…minus the following part. God is obviously a great listener. He says “You can figure this out on your own… I am here for you and I will always be, but you can do this…”. Now, He obviously gave us the Bible as a guide to life and such… but I don’t see Him answering our problems for us. Not to say that God throws us out into the wild and leaves us to find our way back… but He does not solve our problems for us (minus the big one of sin and giving us salvation through Jesus Christ). This is not to say He does not care or want us to be blessed. We are blessed, even through our times of trial. He gives us freewill to walk in this world, knowing that He’s got us, but allowing us to learn things on our own…even if sometimes they are the hard way and we wish He would have just given us the answer or direction.
Then again, maybe He is giving us the answer and direction and we’re just too busy talking to hear it.