Hey! (The Infection of Coolness)

I have spent most of my life trying to be cool; however, "cool" is an unobtainable entity. Being cool is subjective at best and much of it depends on what others think. For me, I've tried labels like: jock, skater, punker, cowboy, professional, pastor, and so on.

I've gotten tattoos, grown side-burns, pierced my ears, worn mo-hawks, colored my mo-hawks, worn outlandish clothing, etc....

I have talked certain ways, liked certain things, drank certain beverages, bought certain cars, played certain sports, obtained certain accomplishments/certificates/degrees, etc....

In all of these attempts to be "cool"/accepted/relevant/respected/attractive, I only found an obsession with trying to fit in. There's something about us Gen-Xers that needs to be totally "cool." Will we stop at nothing in being approved by others we find "cool?"

I believe this "coolness" issue only distracts us from our need to understand who God has made us to be. God has already made me cool. So cool-- that He died for me. That's the only identification that I need. I'm a bit concerned sometimes at the attention we pay to being liked through how we look or act.

Ultimate "coolness" is being who we were made to be. Whether someone finds that "cool" or not is of NO consequence.

Be you. Don't be a poser.

Jason