My best friend and I went to a hot spring the other day, and apart from the trivial topics we chatted about, we talked about beliefs. It dawned on me in our conversation that I am the ever-changing man as usual.
The last time I checked 5 or 6 years back, I was the devout Christian and he was the unsure one. Now, it's as if the tables have turned. He reads Christian books and listens to Christian pastors, while I read up on business and success stories and listen to Celtic music.
Where did the tide change, I wonder? Did it change when I got too busy to think about the meaning of life; when I settled my thoughts on being the family man; when all of my energy and efforts went toward my family? I told him that I write journals while listening to Celtic music. He told me that it's kinda' trippy.
The truth is, I do think that I'm a bit of a trippy character. Lol! I always have big plans and dreams. I'm always thinking and writing and expressing. I'm always wishing on a shooting star. If a ton of people are walking one way, I walk the other. In a crowd, I'm often the only one trying to get out. And I wear a hat even when it's not sunny. I seem to have a reflex that rejects doing things that everyone else is doing. I hate getting swept out to sea with the rip tide, or washing up to shore like drift wood. I want to ride on the waves, to choose the waves, and enjoy the waves, so to speak.
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