I've been learning a lot about computer coding recently since I've been making our new J & Kay website from scratch. There are all different kinds of computer "languages" I've been learning: there's HTML, which everything is made out of, and CSS, which adds formatting to all the basic HTML code.
As I was working yesterday, I drew an analogy from all this web design coding:
CSS coding is always read from top to bottom. You might have a CSS rule that says background:white on the top, but you might have another rule closer to the bottom that says background:grey. Since it's read from top to bottom, the second rule overwrites the first rule, and the background appears grey. The white is covered up.
Sometimes my feelings are like CSS coding. My true feelings can be overwritten by other feelings. For instance, I would call myself a sincere person. But when I was in high school, even though I was sincere and desired to be authentic, I felt very self-conscious of myself and often wouldn't let others know how I really felt because I didn't want to draw attention to myself. My desire for authenticity was "overwritten" by my politeness & insecurity.
It's important to delete unnecessary CSS coding so that your website will look exactly how you want it to look. In the same way, I want to make sure that my true feelings are showing through and aren't being hidden or "overwritten" by fears or any negative emotions.
Be sure to stop by jandkay.com soon to check out my progress! Until then, be real, and stay free of unnecessary coding! ;-)
- Kay
Another amazingly awesome analogy! You and Dr. Guthrie must be good friends ;) Learning about living real...God's been walking me through that, and I must say it's one of the most exciting things! He's so good :) Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDelete