If I mention on the phone
that I have to go down the street
to buy a few groceries,
then he will gladly spend
half an hour telling me about
his favourite recipe, and
what ingredients to buy to make it
(and how good it will be for me) -
even though I tell him that
I could not be less interested in his recipe.
Oh brother!
Religion, sex, etc.
I have some …
shall I say
unconventional views on religion.
I was touched by a Christian "anecdote",
for lack of a better thing to call it,
where, the story goes
that a man talks to god and
says (basically)
"throughout my life
I have been walking along a beach,
and I saw two sets of footprints,
yours and mine.
But in the worst times of my life
I only saw one set of footprints.
Why did you abandon me God ?"
And God replies
" At those times,
I had not abandoned you,
I was carrying you!
You see I never abandoned you,
I was always there for you."
That story always gets me right there.