Yesterday I had lunch with my beautiful friend, Jessie. She is an Important person. I think she might be perfect.
She does Philanthropic Fund Raisers for Africa in her free time. I drink wine in my free time. It kind of puts things into perspective. Not the wine, I mean the time with someone who is globally conscious.
She does things that help to save the lives of children on the other side of the world. I threaten the lives of children on this side of the world. Those in my own home, mostly!
She gives large amounts of money to help people. I give large amounts of money to my local thrift store. ("Large" being relative here.)
Plus, she plays ice hockey. There's a sport I haven't tried. I don't generally like team sports with balls. But I might be able to do a team sport with a puck. That would be a new adventure. Maybe I should join her!
Jessie is a very smart person. She was class president in high school. And I think she was a cheerleader. I tried out for cheerleader, but I didn't make the team. So, I went out for Drill Team and wore spandex and sequins in public. Sometimes I still do! But, not very often. I don't ever do things to save children on the other side of the world. But I wonder if I should...? Jesus talkes a lot about giving to those in need and taking care of the fatherless, and feeding the poor. I don't know if a lot of Christians take that very seriously. Love is active, right? Like "Love thy neighbor," That kind of love is an action verb and not a warm-fuzzy feeling. I don't have to like you, but I do have to love you. Love in action means that I have to pay attention to what you need and then set about to meet that need. That's a very outside-myself kind of thing. I want to be more like that.....
4 comments:
You DO NOT wear spandex and sequins in public.
SAY IT ISN'T SO!
I think puck is quite possible the funniest word in the world. I love it.
Congratulations for not making the cheerleading squad! Several years ago I was in Scotland watching BBC and the only thing on was called, A Dinner With The Dallas Cowgirls. Those of us at the bed and breakfast were rolling on the floor of the tv room we were laughing so hard. It was very obvious they had no clue what a sentence was, nor the concept of conversation ("Uh, well, like duh, you know...."). For a solid hour not one sentence was used!
Of, course, (quick recovery!) we know Cathy was NEVER like that!
The only drill team I ever saw seemed to spend a lot of time rolling around on the ground and flopping legs and arms around. I got the idea maybe this was sort of like a Florida water show on dry land....
Personally, I like spandex. When I would ride my bicycle I had a bright blue spandex outfit that made me look like a dragon fly I am told. Garnered many a laugh but I kind of liked my outfit....
Phew - thanks for coming to my defense like that, Kris! (Any chance you have a picture of the dragonfly outfit?)
I will look for photo but may have to ask friends as I have few photos of myself! (Then borrow a scanner, etc.....)
hmmm-hmmm! Electric blue spandex....
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