Quick unrelated thoughts

Law students are only here to learn the system, not to critique it. Occasionally something comes up that we think is unfair, but for the most part, it's already starting to become assumed that we study the law, we don't seek to change it. We're losing our moral outrage at the injustices of our system, and perhaps some of us will regain it later.

In criminal law, there are two components of a crime: 1) the act, and 2) the mental state of mind accompanying the act. Practically, it's sometimes hard to figure out the act, and very often hard to figure out the mental state. How glad believers should be that on the Last Day, the One who looks at the heart will grant justice.

We fill our lives with thoughts, ideas, patterns, and then we later look into our hearts and are surprised to find that they've become part of who we are.

When someone we recognize as worthy, deserving of praise, dignified in the sense of having human dignity--when such a person honors us, we find ourselves both uplifted and humbled. How paradoxical that we are able to feel both at the same time.

Sleep is good.