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Friday, June 30, 2006
"Eve was created within the lush beauty of Eden's garden. But Adam, if you'll remember, was created outside the Garden, in the wilderness." [W@H]
"Adventure, with all its requisite danger and wildness, is a deeply spiritual longing written into the soul of man. The masculine heart needs a place where nothing is prefabricated, modular, nonfat, zip lock, franchised, on-line, microwavable. Where there are no deadlines, cell phones, or committee meetings. Where there is room for the soul." [W@H]
i'm so gung-ho about doing somethin' more now...no more satisfactory living, i don't just wanna survive, i wanna LIVE. there's so much out there to do, explore, try ...what's holding me back? nothing but the menial chains of complacency, cowardice, and comfort. one of my goals is to go on a culinary tour to eat around Europe, Asia, and North America. and i also wanna play catcher at one of the softball games. and to try out every restaurant that offers summerlicious/winterlicious. and to grow a beard. and go camping "roughin' it" style. and i wanna help out with Caravan Ministries in Tijuana again. and i wanna...leave you with some concluding thoughts from Switchfoot...
the tension is here
between who you are
and who you could be
between how it is
and how it should be