I just thought, "I should blog, because I haven't in a bit" - and you know how that goes, when you say that, you never really have that much to say. So, I'll just say something then I guess. Some thoughts...
Liz and I went for a walk today. It's not like this is the only time we ever want walking. We just haven't done it in a while. Of course the weather has been not very walkable for a while. Today was nice. And we both want to actually do something about getting in better physical condition. Walking is easy - you'd think that. Hopefully we'll keep this up.
We were in the house not long after our walk this evening and it was quiet in the house - no kids around, inside, no TV on, etc. I was on the laptop in the living room and shortly, I turned my iTunes on and was listening to music. Liz said to me from the kitchen, "You have a problem with silence don't you?" Ha! I said, "Yeah, you just now figuring this out after 20 years?" And I do. I told her, "Unfortunately, I have been polluted by the culture - that's a terrible thing for a 'monk' wanna be to have to say." I am one of those people. Silence, to me, is LOUD! It's deafening. So, I don't often want silence or quiet, but I know that I need it. It would definitely be good for me to hunt down some silence pretty soon.
Do you have to have at least three "thoughts" when you say "here are some thoughts"? I'm not sure I do really. OK, Here's something random: I'm watching the new Top Chef right now and it makes me think, again, I could have done this. I probably still could if I wanted to go through what it would take. I love cooking and I'm pretty good at it. Also, Padma Lakshmi makes me n, ne, nervous. Good Lord. I might cut myself if she was in the kitchen during a quickfire.
"Then, if we cannot as yet think alike in all things, at least we may love alike. Herein we cannot possibly do amiss." John Wesley
"Keep your eyes on the crucifix, for Jesus without the cross
is a man without a mission, and the cross without Jesus
is a burden without a reliever." Fulton J. Sheen
"...I am deeply convinced that the Christian leader of the future is called to be
completely irrelevant and to stand in this world with nothing to offer but his or her own vulnerable self." Henri Nouwen
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