Wisdom From Jon
Editors Note: Everything I know in life I learned from Jon H. He is the man! He even has his own fanclub on facebook.
On love:
me: i’m all out of love
me: i’m so lost without you
On passion:
me: i found my new passion in life
Jon: what’s her name?
me: youtube uploads
Jon: yeah?
me: making my own video!
me: it’s great! it’s wonderfully vain
Jon: so what you’re really saying is that you are your new passion
me: i love myself
me: hello?
me: I was talking to some girls and they told me that they wanted your body.
Jon: you are crazy
On encouragement:
me: Jon H.
Jon: Lamberti
me: tell me something that will make me feel good
Jon: You are big chunk of manliness
On motherhood:
me: word to your mother.
On Tom Brady:
me: he’s down, he’s down
me: Brady is hurt.
On the Pat’s loss in the Superbowl:
me: Didn’t we almost have it all
me: When love was all we had worth giving?
me: The ride with you was worth the fall my friend
me: Loving you makes life worth living
me: Didn’t we almost have it all
me: The night we held on till the morning
me: You know you’ll never love that way again
me: Didn’t we almost have it all?
Jon: Mark
Jon: this is inappropriate
me: ?
me: how so
Jon: I’m just saying
On living wildly:
me: you’re so wild at heart
On the meaning of life:
me: Jon H.
On deciding a name for a football team:
me: HeHateMe
me: We’ve never heard of you either
me: “Cross” trainers
me: Bunch of Flags
me: My vote is for Cambridge Red Lines. Second place would be “Matt Light sucks and so do you” (sucks being in reference to the other team).
On not replying to my g-chats:
me: is this some sort of game for you?
On jealousy:
Jon: not true
Jon: you’re just being the amazingly humble guy that you are
Jon: that’s what they like so much
me: it’s always “jon h this” and “jon h that”
me: i pride myself on being humble
Jon: they wanted to wake you up, but I wouldn’t let them
Jon: knowing that I wouldn’t stand a chance next to you clever wit
me: you truly are a great friend
Jon: and charmingly grand stature
me: grand stature?
me: are you calling me fat again?
Jon: no no!!
On Jon:
me: jon h.
me: is so fine, i’d drink a tub of his bathwater
On being “the man”:
Jon: you are the man
me: what? me?
Jon: yeah, you are
me: i learned it by watching you
On the GRE’s:
me: you’ll always be a 750 in my book
On being apart from Jon:
me: the nights are long and the days are so sad
me: and i just keep thinking about the love that we had
me: and i’m missing you
me: and nobody knows it but me
Jon: That was very poetic
On dates that don’t work out and books that don’t sell:
Jon: low key, yet classy
me: haha
me: i’m nervous buddy!
Jon: don’t be
Jon: you’ve got charm
Jon: and GUTS
Jon: you are the man, in my book
me: is that a bestseller?
Jon: it will be
On Nate P:
me: i just noticed that somebody put something up on my door
me: have you seen it? i think it was nate because he always spells my name with a “c”
Jon: Nate did that
Jon: oh, as in Marc
me: yes
me: is that french or something?
Jon: no idea
On work:
me: you’re the man jon h.
Jon: no no I just work for the man
me: i always thought that was a funny expression
me: who is this “man” that everyone is working for?
Jon: Jesus
On forgiveness of debts:
me: i owe you postage
me: do you accept paypal?
Jon: Mark, you don’t owe me anything but love.
On women:
me: you’re a smart man
me: tell me what i should do
me: admonish me with all wisdom
Jon: I don’t know, man
Jon: women are beyond wisdom
me: that’s it?
Jon: sorry, they don’t make sense
Jon: it’s a verifiable fact
On being a good friend:
me: Jon H.
Jon: Lamberti
me: i need your prayer
Jon: for what?
me: i’m stressed and tired
me: and i’ve been at work trying to study
me: and i’m just looking at words
Jon: sorry Mark
me: and i’m already way behind on schedule
me: and i’ve been eating aweful
Jon: I’m sorry Mark.
me: and overwhelmed
Jon: oh man
Jon: sounds like a lot
me: and old
Jon: you’re not old
Jon: I’m sorry Mark
Jon: you’re a stud
me: i’m too tired to go home
me: or the gym
me: so i’m sitting here
me: collecting the energy to walk to the train
me: and checking email
me: even though i don’t have any email to check
me: but maybe i will get a new message
me: and i’m losing my mind (as you can tell)
me: i have gathered the energy to walk to the train
me: i will see you later
Jon: see you later, superstudmuffinman
An ode to Jon:
me: u r my hero
Jon: you’re everything I wish I could be
me: i could fly higher than an eagle
Jon: but you are the wind beneath my wings
me: I would be nothing without you
me: JHF
Jon: JHF?
me: Jon H. Forever
Jon: that’s what I thought
Jon: how nice, Mark
me: yes, thank you
My first awareness of change within me came as I began to reflect on how I performed the mundane responsibilities from which I felt so alienated. Though I was not completely alive to them, I was able at least to think about them, if only from a distance. I was struck by how wonderfully ordinary life is. Simply being alive became holy to me. As I saw myself typing exams, chatting with a student on the way to class, or tucking one of my children into bed, I sensed I was beholding something sacred. My encounters with students presented astonishing opportunities to listen and encourage. Bedtime with Catherine, David, and John allowed me to convey the blessing and love of God to them. I was not yet fully alive to these ordinary moments, but I began to glimpse how profound they were.