tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34923676.post5265339400770860277..comments2024-01-07T07:39:13.010-06:00Comments on simple felicity: tricyles and broken nailsHappyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18060152095194610475noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34923676.post-15079807476908782332008-07-01T13:28:00.000-05:002008-07-01T13:28:00.000-05:00Cheryl - hee hee - yeah, it was totally crazy - bu...Cheryl - hee hee - yeah, it was totally crazy - but you did a really good job! :)<BR/><BR/>Ruth - my head has a lot of interesting corners...lol. :)<BR/><BR/>The whole tricycle thing...<BR/><BR/>Tricycles are the fastest way to get somewhere when you're the right size to ride them... faster than walking anyway - but for me, it was totally the wrong vehicle for getting where I wanted to go. It *was* a little frustrating, but it was all I had at the time, so I was making do, I think. And once it was taken away, I had time to stop and actually impact someone's life in a significant way - although it was the fact that it was taken away that led me into that conversation in the first place. I was so struck by how much grace that woman showed in the moment - she had every right to be totally torked at my sister for ruining her work (tho the pattern was actually pretty cool...) :) But she just took a deep breath and let it go. I remember thinking in my dream that she was so Christ-like, even if she wasn't a Christian, and that I wanted to be more like her. And then to have the opportunity to let her know that God loved her and would care for her, and to see the tears (good ones) that came from the healing/freedom the gospel brought to her - it was just a sweet moment. Kind of sad it was only a dream, but I'm sure there will be any number of equally cool real ones in my lifetime. :)<BR/><BR/>I think the biggest take-away with the whole tricycle thing for me was that it wasn't the right way to get where I needed to go - which seems incredibly significant to me in this season of my life. Some might say I committed career suicide, giving up a prominent role in my church the way I just did to take a back seat... I've actually not even been attending church all that often of late, taking time to just dig in, read, rest, and bike on Sundays - it's been so refreshing, but so... I don't know what, honestly - I never thought I'd find myself "unchurched" - and comfortable with it. BUT I also have Torch - our young adult/college group - and it IS my church, in terms of the relationships and life-on-life things that make the church really the church, and maybe that is what makes the difference right now. All the same, from a professional perspective, I quit climbing the church version of the "corporate ladder" in a major way, and while what I do as worship director at Torch is important to the 100+ people it affects, my sphere of influence is considerable smaller now... BUT - my walk with God is so much the richer for the time that I now have to devote to it... which seems the better way. I don't know - that may be what the dream was getting at - I was hesitant to leave the tricycle in the middle of the sidewalk, so I went back for it and tried to make it work (this happened metaphorically for me in December) - and then it was taken - and where that led was to a good, but unexpected, place. food for thought, anyway...<BR/><BR/>well - this comment's post-length now, so i'll cease and desist. more to come on the trip in a day or two. :) and glad you're enjoying it!Happyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18060152095194610475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34923676.post-24893554350498080662008-07-01T12:02:00.000-05:002008-07-01T12:02:00.000-05:00That was so funny! It's like a glimpse inside your...That was so funny! It's like a glimpse inside your head. Sometimes when I have dreams like these they serve to bring to the surface a prevailing emotion or situation. Can you identify how you were feeling while you were travelling through this dream trying to accomplish these things all the while being distracted by important things and getting bogged down with wet cemment and riding a tricycle of all things? Was it the excitement of a challenge? Striving? Frustration? Resentment? Confusion? Contentment about getting the job done?<BR/><BR/>By the way - I'm loving reading about your little trip while I'm cooped up in my little office.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02024613458911435527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34923676.post-26317984420943276772008-06-30T22:36:00.000-05:002008-06-30T22:36:00.000-05:00Wow, that is a crazy dream... and the detail that ...Wow, that is a crazy dream... and the detail that you remember about it!!!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02513274389925703241noreply@blogger.com