Ain't No Mountain High Enough?

As gonzo would say, "Wowzers."

I'm staring at a mountain. I'm aware that it won't move or change, but for some reason I'm struck. The weird thing is that I don't know what it is about a giant rock that is so...breathtaking. Is it the height - that it is greater than me? Is it that I can look at it for hours and still not know all of its features and blemishes? Or is it that its creation and existence is completely beyond my control - I've done nothing to aid in its existence. That in all of it's uniqueness it is simply, remarkable. Is it cheesy to think that this is how God sees us? Why can't I see my fellow man with such wonder?

Thirsty?

I’m ashamed. I drink bottled water. You probably do too. I’m not an addict by any means – luckily I’m too cheap to purchase bottled water on a regular basis but I’ve still had my fair share. I just finished reading an article by Charles Fishman in Fast Company magazine and here are some of the startling statistics:
- if the water we use at home cost what even sheap bottled water costs, our monthly water bills would run $9,000.
- 24% of the bottled water we buy is tap water repackaged by Coke and Pepsi
and the kicker…
- Fiji water produces more than a million bottles a day, while more than half the people in Fiji do not have reliable drinking water.
Ugh…the guilt feeling – see what I mean?? I don’t personally believe that just because I was ignorant before makes me less responsible for the repercussions of my choices. (Double Ugh) So now what - I guess it's back to the drinking fountain?

I just grossed myself out...

Do you ever eat weird food combos? Right now I'm eating an apple & popcorn. No offense, but I sound like a pregnant woman.

Some people like their Frosty with fries...and me, well, I was hungry and it was all I could find.

I'll take life w/out tv for $100...

It has officially been one month since I've had television. Scratch that, I have had a television (my faithful 19 inch, non-surround, non-HD, non-flatscreen tv that I've had since college), but I haven't subscribed to a cable provider and so only get fuzzy stations where I think they are playing basketball or perhaps its rugby...

Initially, this was not a planned jaunt into solitude and meditation - Comcast hasn't serviced our newly constructed subdivision. And so, being the mature and outstanding adult that I am, I proceeded to harass & become one of Comcast's 10 worst customers. I thought that it should have encouraged them - that their product/service was so good that customers were literally willing to beat down their doors. However, it didn't seem to impress them as it did me - so I was forced into a wait...

In the meantime, I've finished several books & magazines that were collecting dust. I've also completed more projects around the house than I had ever dreamed possible in a week. I've taken up walking with my wife and "gasp", actually had time to sit, eat breakfast and pray in the absolute silence. It's creepy, but in a good and rejuvenating way.

I realized yesterday that I suddenly understood those people that are captives of the busy American life and then one day they disappear only to be found living in a shack in Iowa growing their own food and writting incredibly wise proverbs.

I'm not so keen on writing or living in a shack for that matter, but perhaps I'll give this small disconnect from the hectic American life a try. I'll keep you posted on the progress