Flashbulbs

There are places in the world where the cameras never cease to pop and crackle, where every moment is recorded with precision and artful glamour.  I don't need to tell you such places are rare.

There are many more places where good deeds and bad deeds alike go entirely unrecorded.  The clock is ticking, but no one's watching.  Worse yet, no one seems to care.  

If you find yourself trying to do good, yet lacking motivation, remember that there is One greater.  ALL wrongs will be made right, and ALL rights will not go unrewarded.  In fact, this life isn't all there is.  For those who choose God's way, they will receive eternal life and a reward greater than money or power.

The reward is Him.  Can't see it yet?  Don't believe it's really worth it?  

Keep PRAYING; keep SEEKING.  You'll see it.  History lies beneath the headlines, and despite what you feel, God is planning an "after party" to quash all rumors of injustice or mediocrity and make every paparazzo within a million light years of Earth drool like a Labrador in a sweaty meat market.

It's worth it.  Don't give up. 

Credits:

• James 1:12
  
• This poem
  
• Everyone ever, who did the right thing, Jesus the first and the last.  We stand on their shoulders.
  

Pama Lama Ding Dong

In the field I'm trying to get into, a generic cover letter is worth zilch.  Thus, I find myself writing customized covers that draw connections between myself and my potential employer.  This is good.  The problem is that I'm writing on the spot, sometimes in text boxes on an online application, and first drafts are scary.  I'm okay with quality control, but I find myself attempting (and failing) at humor.  Due to a disgustingly buggy Chrome beta, my first two apps went into the Great Oblivion.  My good fortune!  I had to rewrite my cover letters, and the second time, all the great jokes seemed a bit . . . insane?  In the end, I feel just like Michael Scott when he answers the phone, and Pam gives him a second try at professionalism.  I'm too tired to explain further; I guess this is for Office fans only.  

GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM!