read to learn to think.

'The way we learn to think is by reading good thinkers and letting their thoughts form our thoughts.....From the ancients, we learn to use language in a precise way, to discern the deeper relation between seemingly disparate concepts, to discriminate between things that appear similar, to know what is central and what is peripheral. And in the process we are tutored in humility, for we see that the things worthy of reception by us have been tested in the fire of human experience.'
~R. Wilken, in Reasoned Faith


I was reading for my theology seminar this afternoon, and this quote really struck me. As I certainly have had moments of questioning the motive for all of the reading and writing and discussing and thinking we all do as students, this was an eloquent response to those questions. We read to learn to think, to understand how to portray our own thoughts more accurately, and like Wilken says, through this we learn humility. Studying under (and alongside) some of the most brilliant minds I've ever met, this semester certainly has been a humbling experience, but I can honestly say it's also been the best.

Other highlights of the day: successful registration for the fall - all Public Health and Soc. classes, I'm so pumped! Being able to wear shorts in March! Learning new songs on the piano! ...Attempting to sew! (...yeah, after that last one, I decided I'll stay in school and not become a seamstress. Ha.)