Covalent or Ionic?

In my Chemistry class the other week we were learning about chemical bonding. There are two different kinds of bonds, one where the atoms share electrons and another where the electrons transfer. My professor was explaining that these unstable elements are forming bonds in order to reach a state of stability. They are "ultimately forming bonds to get to that noble gas state," she said. I may be going out on a limb here, but I made the following metaphor: human relationships are like chemical bonding. We form relationships with others in order to get to a nobler state, to become stable. In other words, the relationships we form are ultimately to get us to God. I know this point has been made before, but I wanted to reiterate it as much for your benefit as mine. Be sure to form good bonds.

Sing a Line or Two

Throughout high school I kept an entire steno pad (a mini notebook) full of quotes from songs I heard. The quotes were generally of a romantic nature, but nevertheless reminded me of some life experience I'd had. I looked through that notebook constantly, frequently posting one or two quotes in my AIM profile (remember those?!). Those song lyrics were a reflection of me-they were the perfect expression of how I was feeling at the time. Though I no longer have the steno pad, I still catch myself jotting down a line from a song on a scrap of paper, never knowing when the perfect time will be to use it again. For nostalgia's sake, I wanted to throw another out there that struck me as I listened to a John Mayer song the other day: "I like to think the best of me is still hiding up my sleeve." Always gotta keep 'em guessing as to what you're smiling, or in my case singing, about.