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While writing essays, I have been learning a lot about the way my mind works. I wrote about beauty for my St. John's idea prompt. Laurel said I wrote nearly 25 papers in one. In my mind I only skimmed the surface of my thoughts, but they were well organized and understandable, I think. It was just that there was so so much more to it, So much more in it that affected me. The underlying reasons I wrote about beauty were not entirely apparent.

I strive to see things whole. Ideas are intertwined and connected in my mind. Nothing stands alone. When I see and understand the idea I connect it and compare it easily with truth. Because of this, learning is a glorious thing. It's like putting together a puzzle in my mind, coming closer and closer to comprehending the mind of God.

if you call out for insight
and cry aloud for understanding,
and if you look for it as for silver
and search for it as for hidden treasure,
then you will understand the fear of the LORD
and find the knowledge of God. Proverbs2:3-5

I sometimes feel like I get a little taste of the complexity of God's mind. It makes it awfully difficult to write papers, because I can't just write about one thing.

Right now, I'm writing a brief blurb on the workings of my mind. But believe me, in this post there are so many other things that I could say about it. And if I tried to lay them out, this would become convoluted and no longer about the workings of my mind.

It would be about knowledge as treasure, understand the fear of the Lord, the life found in learning, what it really means to CALL out for insight....

I'll just stop there.

Perhaps you get the idea.

Laurel works similarly. She helped me understand how to use it, instead of resisting it.
I'll be using the SJC "25 papers in one" to develop a couple other college essays. This is a relief because I seem to be able to think of nothing but beauty these days.