Letting your Fingers Roam the Keyboard

One thing I've noticed recently is that there are two main themes that I like to write about: Diet Dr. Pepper and personal change. Putting aside my favorite caffeinated beverage for the time being, I'm realizing that personal change is a big issue in my life now. Considering that I'm in college, it's probably a good thing that I'm experiencing change. I don't want to be my 16 year-old self when I'm middle-aged. For that matter, I don't want to be my 16 year-old self now, either. My friends and I talk a good deal about how we've changed over the past couple of years, and I have to say that, thank G-d, I'm mostly very happy with how I've grown.

Part of what is prompting this post is a discussion that I had earlier this evening with a friend about the merits of raising your kids in a Bais Yaakov or Modern Orthodox environment. (What can I say, we think long-term.) I realized afterwards that there are advantages and disadvantages to each system and that the two worlds are not mutually exclusive of each other. Another thing that I realized (and that I've realized before, but I need to continue working on) is that although I consider myself pretty liberal and accepting of other people's choices and ideologies, I'm actually more accepting of people who are less "frum" (hashkafically) than I am than I am accepting of those who seem more "frum" than me. I need to work on this!

Another thing that I realize is that this post has turned out to be me very different than what I expected. I thought I would be writing about shidduchim. I guess not.