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