Cool.

Cool.
When we say, 'man, that's cool...'... what are we really saying? Other things aren't? When a person's "cool" isn't that saying that the others are not? 

When what's "cool" are your clothes, your car, your style or your 'look'... what about the people who can't afford that stuff? What does that make them? 

What do we judge people on? I mean, I was told I am 'above' working at McDonald's or Wal-mart. What does that say of our opinion of the people who work their Mc-jobs? 

We're all broken. We all mess up, alot. We all need redemption. We all need love. You, with your $500 handbag are no better than my homeless friend with her publix grocery bag... 

I want to just throw this out there... 
And understand that I am an advocate for college, for learning, and most of all for knowledge... BUT... this is something that's been on my heart...

Why do we go to college? Could we not go to the library and spend 50000 dollars less, and learn the same thing, if not more? Yes, we could. So why do we concern ourselves? For other people. For labels. For money. "No one will take you seriously if you don't finish college"... "You'll never get a 'real' job if you don't finish school."... Continue this in your mind... what's the stigma that goes along with people who don't go to college? "I'm working towards a degree that can really help people..." Really? That's what's going to help people? Only because other people will then take you seriously... 

What labels are we creating with our pursuits? What stigmas are we creating with our actions? 

What kind of world would it be if we stopped caring about "cool"? 
What kind of world would it be if we stopped worrying all about our 'selves' and cared for others? 
What kind of world would it be if we weren't filled with greed and self-interest, but LIVED 1 John 3:16-18? If we were willing to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters? 

Forget that... what if we actually treated people as if they were our brothers and sisters?