-Brooke Fraser
Tuesday in class we discussed the happy medium. Now, medium can be an adjective or it can be a noun. For instance, right now I am acting as the medium to portray my interpretation of what the medium, or commonplace, is of some understanding.
Now, I distinctly remember lukewarm coming up as a possible synonym for medium, then discussing the dangers of becoming lukewarm in each of our relationships with Christ. I feel like lukewarm is a very lackluster term in relation to what we discussed as I don't believe Aristotle would encourage us to be lukewarm in that sense.
Frugality was one of the words we decided was medium to hoarding or wasting. When you are frugal you are saving and sparing, but that does not mean you are not using. I use that example to attempt to make sense of lukewarm. So, I am not as blazing for Christ as I want to be, nor am I iced over as I could be; I am struggling and fighting for that fire. So, does that make me lukewarm? Dictionary.com defines lukewarm as:
1. moderately warm; tepid.
2. having or showing little ardor, zeal, or enthusiasm; indifferent.
There is no lack of enthusiasm, force, or passion to my fight. Struggling is not succumbing to contentment or accepting middle-ground; struggling is striving and pressing on.
To conclude this blog, I leave you with one of many definitions of medium, but one that grabbed my attention immediately: an intervening substance, as air, through which a force acts or an effect is produced.
So, have you found the happy Medium?
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