Re: Juggling shaped hole in normal people's lives?

hmmmmmmm I'm not so sure that the hole is juggling shaped but agree there
is a hole in many people's lives. As a Christian (ooo I'm gonna sound like
Billy Graham) I believe that many people who don't know God have a hole in
their lives, all that differs is how they try and fill it. Some juggle,
others play computer games or play music instruments. But the motives and
needs are the same. I shall explain...

1) I believe people were made to worship. When they don't worship God they
create false idols for themselves, one of which could be juggling. People
live to juggle, it gives them a sense of purpose, they prioritise it with
time and money and attending juggling clubs, conventions, watching
juggling is a form of worship, an alternative to "church" perhaps.

2) God is not just about worshipping him tho. God formed us to have
relationships with others, for Christians this is the Church where we are
all in God's family, we were created for community. Sadly in these days of
low church attendance, individualism and broken families many people do
not have positive relationships. Being part of a juggling club and
attending conventions etc enables people to be part of a community,
fulfilling relational needs.

3) If you are not a Christian and your identity is not in God, giving you
a true sense of your self worth and/or people around you always said you
are crap you will tend to seek approval/affirmation/attention. These are
basic human needs.
This may mean wanting to be the best juggler cos then people will notice
you and like you, or even that you will like yourself. Even if you are not
the best juggling is one good way of making people notice you.

So juggling, and other hobbies meet our needs to feel a sense of purpose
in our lives, it can meet our relational needs including the need for
affirmation.
The hole is not juggling shaped
it is God shaped



jugglingeek wrote:
> Three months ago I bought a PS 2 and Tekken 4. I've been playing the CPU
> learning the combos etc.
> and the stopped getting better (don't worry I'm going to get to juggling
> soon). So I checked out the
> Internet and found not only several in depth FAQs for each character
> (there are 30 in Tekken 5) but
> also forums, international tournaments, entire websites and even videos
> about Tekken. Clearly some
> people take these matters very seriously.
>
> This got me thinking about the people who must spend several hours at
> arcade machines and on their
> PS2 learning the moves, practicing the moves and performing incredibly
> technical feats of finger
> dexterity for no good reason.
>
> I've also noticed that similar Internet sub-cultures exist for other
> obscure hobbys. Chess and poker
> being two more mainstream examples but there are also tiddlywinks clubs
> and Risk tournaments.
>
> Do other normal people (non-jugglers) spend as much time doing somthing
> such as tiddlewinks or
> chess as mist jugglers spend juggling? I'd imagine you'd get bored pretty
> quick if all you did was
> work, sleep and occasionally go out with your mates. Yet I know some
> people who don't have a hobby
> at all. What do they talk about with their friends down the pub with their
> mates?
>
> I'm aware I've no doubt made some sweeping generalisations but the aim of
> this post was to attempt
> to open up a discussion about what it is normal people do during the
> substantial portion of the say we
> all devote to juggling.
>
> If you guys have any other hobbys please post them, I\'d be interested. I
> play guitar and occationaly
> lose to people at chess and now Tekken 5
>
> Jugglingeek
>
> Rolling Death Cradle
>
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