There's A Time For Everything...

Winter break is coming to a close. I can't believe I go back to Sherman Sunday. I'm going back with the intention of staying there for JanTerm...those details actually haven't been set in stone yet. In fact, it's been recommended that I stay back in Plano for January. I'm not so keen about this idea, mostly because I'm eager to get things back to normal. I think JanTerm would be a good transition period.

Okay, so this is the nerd in me...which is usually pretty publically visible anyways so this may not come as a shock. But I was watching CSPAN today (yes, CSPAN) and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was invited to Georgetown University to be a good study break during finals week. She spoke on the Obama administration's approach to human rights and said something that was so striking that I ran around trying to find pen and paper to write it down:

"When injustice anywhere is ignored, justice everywhere is denied."

Now I remember why I am an international relations major. That gets fuzzy sometimes when you forget what your passion is amongst piles of papers to write and books to read and exams to study for.

In addition to my two passions -- human rights and Coldplay -- I think I've found a third one. U2! I've always liked them, never really listened to them. Today I was looking through some lyrics as I was listening to them and I realized how profound they were. How could I have neglected them for all these years?! Ah well, there's a time for everything...

Which reminds me...


1 There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens:

2 a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,

3 a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,

4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,

5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,

6 a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,

7 a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,

8 a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.


- Ecclesiastes 3:1-8



Peace,
Asil :)