A Theory of Justice

I want to learn more about justice. America's justice, international systems and governments administering justice, the difference between justice and the law, justice of the God of the Bible, modern-day Christianity's understanding of justice, and so much more. So I'm reading. I'm a nerd!!! I'm reading books and listening to courses on iTunes U (a recent discovery).

For class -
A Theory of Justice by John Rawls

From iTunes U -
An Introduction to New Testament History & Literature
A History of Political Philosophy
Rules, Rights, & Justice - An Introduction to Law

I need to catch my breathe, give me a moment.

I can't sleep tonight because I'm thinking about calculus problems that I don't yet know how to do and a portfolio section that I haven't yet started writing and a TFA deadline I'm simply not going to meet and six required hours of volunteering and an accompanying paper that I don't have time to do and cases that I don't have enough time for. BREATHE. Damn, I ended a sentence with a preposition.

But still this song is on repeat in my head -
. . .
"And I cannot hold it in and remain composed.
Love's taken over me and so I propose . . . letting myself go.
I am letting myself go.
You are my joy.
You are my joy.
You are my joy.
You are my joy.
I need to catch my breath,
I need to-
I need to catch my breath,
give me a moment now."
(dcb)

Hallelujah

It's not a cry that you hear at night.
It's not somebody who's seen the light.
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah.

My prayer for the families is hallelujah. My prayer for the foot soldiers is hallelujah. Hallelujah is faith-filled, powerful, hard, and true.

It is so cold and it is so broken but it is so h-a-l-l-e-l-u-j-a-h.

Industrial Engineering

C is an Industrial Engineering major at Georgia Tech. She is really freaking smart! C decided to take her second semester of her junior year off to develop this non-profit supplemental education foundation in the projects of west Atlanta. After meeting to learn more about her program, the best practices she has already picked up from others in the field, and how she's operating, I became exceptionally impressed with her internalization of the I.E. mantra:

"Don't work hard, work smart."

Too often I work harder than I work smart. I want to improve here. Thanks, C, for the inspiration.