Musings in Search of a Muse

Oh! This is good: "The religion of Christ is not aspirin to deaden the pain of living, it is not a discussion group, nor a miraculous medal nor a piety, nor bingo for God. Not anything less than a joyous adventure of being Christ in a world still skeptical of him." - John Monaghan, Roman Catholic priest (“A Lenten Message” NY Journal-American 16 Feb 61).

This covers meds, blogs, and a host of other things, doesn't it. Funny how life works like that. There's a plan here somewhere. Human minds just aren't sufficient to see it, though.

Consider this "coincidence" (remember I said I don't believe in luck anymore? Same for coincidence): I was getting directions from my work supervisor today so I could drop by his house and we could grab some lunch. I told him that I knew his neighborhood because I have a friend who lives near by. It turns out he knows my friend. Yet I knew this mutual friend for years without knowing my supervisor. What is weirder is that I went to school with this mutual friend but never found that out until I started working with his wife -- and the wife of another guy who I went to school with at the same time (and who was "best buds" with the aforementioned friend while in school). Walt Disney had it wrong when he said it's "A Small World" -- it's a weird, small world. And did I mention that I used to live in the same neighborhood without knowing any of these people nor that my future ex-wife lived in the house across the street from me and that my daughter would pass away in that house? In front of that house, by the way, is where I stood to flag down my first girlfriend as she passed by looking for my place on her first visit.

I want to see the pattern. Is it a jigsaw in nature or a tesselation? -Peace & Prayers

Why does the insert for Effexor state that "Symptoms of depression include ... Repeated thoughts of death or suicide ..." yet warns the user to not take Effexor "if you have or had ... suicidal thoughts ..." and that many of the side-affects are identical to the symptoms of depression (and then some)?

My doctor didn't know the answer so don't worry if you don't. But he said give it a whirl for a couple-few weeks. At least the package is festive.

Maybe I'll Blog more? Is that a side-affect?

And here's an oddity. While my faith tells me that suicide is a sin (and logic tells me that it's stupid) my other thoughts tell me that in some strange way my faith has a bearing on my depression. Consider this: Life stinks but Heaven is marvelous. So what's the point of being "here" anyway? Wouldn't it be better to just skip to the end and go to Heaven? Ah! But there is no shortcut. One has to stay stuck in "traffic" until the "exit ramp" appears. Weird. Not sure I get this whole religion thing. But I have faith in Christ anyway. Really weird. Guess that's what faith is, huh?

Yahoo! News - Guessing Game Begins as Kerry Starts Hunt for No. 2 Hmmm ... maybe he should let the Convention decide. Kinda like in the old days.