2:20 PM - And now, for something completely different. Kinda.
Current mood: 
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You know, you remind me of the man that lived by the river.
He heard a radio report that the river was going to rush up and flood the town. And that all the residents should evacuate their homes.
But the man said, 'I'm religious. I pray. God loves me. God will save me.'
The waters rose up.
A guy in a row boat came along and he shouted, 'Hey, hey you! You in there. The town is flooding. Let me take you to safety.'
But the man shouted back, 'I'm religious. I pray. God loves me. God will save me.'
A helicopter was hovering overhead. And a guy with a megaphone shouted, 'Hey you, you down there. The town is flooding. Let me drop this ladder and I'll take you to safety.'
But the man shouted back that he was religious, that he prayed, that God loved him and that God will take him to safety.
Well... the man drowned.
And standing at the gates of St. Peter, he demanded an audience with God. 'Lord,' he said, 'I'm a religious man, I pray. I thought you loved me. Why did this happen?'
God said, 'I sent you a radio report, a helicopter, and a guy in a rowboat. What the hell are you doing here?'
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So often, we see what we want to see, what we need to see, instead of that which is there, right before our eyes.
It is a worthwhile thing, to aspire beyond this veil, the shroud that is a legacy from how we may have been raised, the shows we might have watched, books we might heave read. From whispers that might have worked their way into who we are.
Not all of these things taken in are bad. Most of them aren't, maybe... but being cut off from the idea that things might be different then you were led to believe is necessary to so many different kinds of growing.
To always be open and receptive to something that could crack your foundation, shape another paradigm, is one of the noblest aspirations we can have, I think.
Chip away, once in a while, at something you believe wholeheartedly in.
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