God is a circle

Ok, we all know that God is all those big words – omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient, etc (okay, maybe we don’t all know them but I do cuz I learned them in my bible class at school… they were on a test)… but basically it means he is all, was all, will be all, etc. Easy enough to say but to really understanding it… hard, very hard. God is a circle. I’m a line. You are a line. Every person is a line. We have a starting point and an end. Some of our lines are longer than others. Some are very short. My unborn child’s line was only 10 weeks long. My friend Eddy’s was only 30 years long. My grandmother and grandfather each had a 94 year long line….. which seems pretty long… until you think about how much farther a circle goes……and how many other lines have existed that don’t anymore. God is a circle. He was always here, always. He will always exist, always. We use that word a lot so it has lost some of its meaning for us… but think about it. Always. Always. Neverending. God is a circle and I’m not…… maybe I’ll get that one day, maybe I won’t…….. it’s a process.

One more cup..........

Don't you just love it when you discover there is still a cup of coffee left when you thought it was all gone?  That happened this morning. I was distracted by chatting online and forgot I had one cup left….  what a delightful thing that is.... a whole cup left to drink.  I don’t usually forget how much I've already had so that doesn’t happen often.  Unfortunately the opposite totally stinks… when you think you have a cup left and then there is only like a fourth of a cup left.  UGH!  It is hardly worth the creamer!  So you may be thinking at this point, “why don’t you just make another cup of coffee if you love it so much?”  Well, there is a problem with that theory….. then there could always be another cup…. and the caffeine adds up…. and it has bad effects on me.  So, I limit myself to 3 cups of coffee per morning... with a treat later in the day sometimes.  This is a math formula I have perfected and know not to mess with just cuz I want another cup.  This is science, man.  Wants are fleeting…. science is stable…..well except maybe the science of volcanology……  I don’t know……. It’s a process.

Neighborhood Walks

When I’m walking in my neighborhood with my kids and the baby that I keep, I see a lot of people.  I am a friendly, people-person.  When I see someone I say, “hello,” unless they are on the phone or doing something I feel like I would be interrupting.   It is so funny… some people don’t look up when they walk… they look down (I guess they are checking their feet making sure they are getting the exact kind of movement they need).  I freak them out.  I say “hello!” and they are confused and unsure where to look at that point.  The noise gets their eyes off of their feet (their comfort zone.)  They look all around, spot me and the crew and by then they have already passed and they sort of mutter a “uh, oh, hello…”   Some of my walking neighbors are on board with the whole “hello” notion.  They take part in the friendly exchange and seem glad to have someone initiate speech right there on the sidewalk.  They may even throw out a “how are you?” or a “your girls are cute” (of course this is usually followed by a furrowed brow as they try to figure out why two of the children are pale white and one child is brown).  Then there are those that are just into their walk (or run).  It is a workout and my “hello” is not going to stop them for even a second…. I mean, they have a heart rate to think of here. One glance that slows the pace could ruin the whole work out…. now, these dedicated folks just let that “hello” roll right off their back and keep going. By now the regulars who also walk in my neighborhood have gotten used to me and even raise their heads and say “hello” back to me.  I still throw yard men for a loop when I say hello to them but …. It’s a process.