Our Stimulus Soaked Society

It's bizarre to see the kids accumulating upon the Anderson campus.
They're so young, or at least so I thought.
Someone told me that next year the freshmen class in America will be mostly people born in the 90's. How crazy is that? I feel old.
Should I warn them?
Should I tell them that they may never use their "degree"?
Should I yell, "Turn around and run!"?
Should I just let happen what may happen?
V for Vendetta is probably one of the greatest movies ever. It's a little violent, but has one of the most inspirational messages that a movie can have.
I watched it at 4:30 a.m. and felt like I needed to change the world instead of sleep.
We see all of these great movies, read all of these great books, listen to all of this great music, yet...
not much more ever comes out of it.
I can't help but think of the quote in the Bible about how if you hear a great message of truth/love, that you should follow suit in your life and take action-- Giving yourself a foundation of stone-- rather than just listening and doing nothing-- Giving yourself a foundation of sand.
Whether it be an under-breath comment made by a sarcastic friend, an awesome track on a CD, or an impressive speech made in front of thousands of people.
Most (not all) things have some sort of truth in them, which means most things have something to learn from them, which means we have an action to make or a way of thinking to adhere to ourselves from them, which means our lives should look different before and after anything with truth in it comes into contact with us.
Sorry.
I just realized that in this over-stimulating time, watching movies, reading books and listening to music is not always a bad thing (but can be excessive like anything else), but are things that we should actually use to better our minds, hearts, and lives.
If we don't, though, we are truly wasting our lives.
I'm sick of wasting this life.

Shalom.