From the Eyes
Well, I think this is the first post I've published as a 9th grader. High school is pretty fun. I still see a lot of my friends and we still hang out a lot and for some reason the football games are a lot more interesting this year. It's fun to watch our team go and win a bunch of games. While I've been in high school, I've been really busy so I haven't been able to blog as much as I would have liked. I know I've said this before but I'm gonna try and get back in the habit of blogging at least twice a week.
Since I've been in high school, a lot of things have changed. I've actually had to start studying for tests, I'm working harder on school work and home work than I have in a long time, and I've been getting more involved in church and with friends. I've made some new friends at school and It's good to realize I can spend time with them as well as my friends from middle school. Some of my friends are a little crazy and some are normal. Some are boys and some are girls. Some are smart and some still ask for my help with homework every time they see me.
Yesterday, while hanging out in study hall, I was hanging out with some of my friends and one of my friends that is a girl and crazy and still asks for my help on homework, started talking to a friend who is a guy and crazy and is smart. During the conversation John noticed that Jennifer wasn't looking him in the eyes when she talked. When he asked her why, she said that she felt uncomfortable talking to anyone while looking into their eyes. John thought this was interesting and told her that he liked to look into peoples eyes when he talked. He also said that he could pretty much sum a person up by looking into their eyes for about a minute. She thought this was freaky and stopped talking to him for a while.
When he laughed, I asked him if he really could and he said yes. I wasn't surprised, I can tell a few things from a persons eyes. I asked him to look into my eyes and see how much he could see. He looked straight through my eyes and told me after a minute, " done. You're a christian, you like music, you're always there for your friends, you work hard in school, and your trying to learn guitar." This was scary. Everything he said was true. I thought that he would be able to do that but not accurately. I looked back into his eyes and tried to see as much in him as he could see in me. Most of what I got was stuff I already knew but I think it was pretty cool that his eyes could tell me as much as they did. I could tell he was observant (obviously) he was caring, faithful, I couldn't tell if he was a christian but he defiantly could be. I could also tell that he was funny, flexible, and ready to help anyone who needed it.
When we tried this experiment, it reminded me sort of what God does. God doesn't look at your outside appearance to determine who you are. God looks at your character and you inside; your heart. Jon was looking into our eyes and could tell some of my character, and not only was it freaky, but it was sort of, I don't know how to say it, but it made me feel , for search of a better word, good. Thats such a horrible word. It made me feel like I was who I was to other people and not just to my self, and that my character could be recognized by someone. I hope you understand what I'm talking about because its a wonderful feeling and it's really hard to explain.
I also wondered during the experiment, if more people looked in to the eyes of everyone else, what kind of world would this be? The answer I came up with was pretty cool. If we all looked at the character of a person, then most likely we would all have friends that could understand us extremely well. We would also be able to see what we wanted to be like and be able to change ourselves much easier.
I hope this all makes sense to you. It makes sense to me but its a really hard thing to explain. If you don't understand it or if you really like it, please leave a comment. They help to keep me blogging.
Thanks for reading another blog.
Jack
Since I've been in high school, a lot of things have changed. I've actually had to start studying for tests, I'm working harder on school work and home work than I have in a long time, and I've been getting more involved in church and with friends. I've made some new friends at school and It's good to realize I can spend time with them as well as my friends from middle school. Some of my friends are a little crazy and some are normal. Some are boys and some are girls. Some are smart and some still ask for my help with homework every time they see me.
Yesterday, while hanging out in study hall, I was hanging out with some of my friends and one of my friends that is a girl and crazy and still asks for my help on homework, started talking to a friend who is a guy and crazy and is smart. During the conversation John noticed that Jennifer wasn't looking him in the eyes when she talked. When he asked her why, she said that she felt uncomfortable talking to anyone while looking into their eyes. John thought this was interesting and told her that he liked to look into peoples eyes when he talked. He also said that he could pretty much sum a person up by looking into their eyes for about a minute. She thought this was freaky and stopped talking to him for a while.
When he laughed, I asked him if he really could and he said yes. I wasn't surprised, I can tell a few things from a persons eyes. I asked him to look into my eyes and see how much he could see. He looked straight through my eyes and told me after a minute, " done. You're a christian, you like music, you're always there for your friends, you work hard in school, and your trying to learn guitar." This was scary. Everything he said was true. I thought that he would be able to do that but not accurately. I looked back into his eyes and tried to see as much in him as he could see in me. Most of what I got was stuff I already knew but I think it was pretty cool that his eyes could tell me as much as they did. I could tell he was observant (obviously) he was caring, faithful, I couldn't tell if he was a christian but he defiantly could be. I could also tell that he was funny, flexible, and ready to help anyone who needed it.
When we tried this experiment, it reminded me sort of what God does. God doesn't look at your outside appearance to determine who you are. God looks at your character and you inside; your heart. Jon was looking into our eyes and could tell some of my character, and not only was it freaky, but it was sort of, I don't know how to say it, but it made me feel , for search of a better word, good. Thats such a horrible word. It made me feel like I was who I was to other people and not just to my self, and that my character could be recognized by someone. I hope you understand what I'm talking about because its a wonderful feeling and it's really hard to explain.
I also wondered during the experiment, if more people looked in to the eyes of everyone else, what kind of world would this be? The answer I came up with was pretty cool. If we all looked at the character of a person, then most likely we would all have friends that could understand us extremely well. We would also be able to see what we wanted to be like and be able to change ourselves much easier.
I hope this all makes sense to you. It makes sense to me but its a really hard thing to explain. If you don't understand it or if you really like it, please leave a comment. They help to keep me blogging.
Thanks for reading another blog.
Jack
posted by Jack | 5:06 AM
3 Comments:
such wisdom from a fine young man!
great blog...and yes, i understood exactly what you were trying to convey.
Did you see I referenced your blog in my blog and linked up to it? I love your insight. You are very right. And you inherited this ability from your father!
Often we are afraid to look anyone in the eyes because it must be mutual. I can not look into your eyes without you staring back into mine. My fear comes not from what I will see but rather what another will see without my permission.
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