A few days ago I decided that I needed to get out of the house to get some work done. I went to Starbucks, as it's right around the corner and has predictably good atmosphere to get work done in it (and unlike most other cafés, there actually are other people getting work done, or at least reading). So, I get my tall cappichino con soja and sit down. As is not uncommon at all, the guy in a chair closeby struck up a conversation with me. He was probably in his early 70s and told me that I looked like I just stepped out of "Friends." Now, I don't think I've ever been told that before.
Well, we began to talk a bit and he told me I should sit down with him to talk for awhile. I told him that I actually came to get some work done and began to pull out the stuff I needed to work on. He proceeded to ask if he could give me his e-mail, website and I don't remember all the other stuff he wrote down on the napkin I gave him. Apparently his website has poetry and pictures and such.
He told me that he has begun a new life. He has decided that he needs to spend more time with young, beautiful women. :-) He has decided that beauty and goodness go together. All things beautiful are good, or so goes his line of thinking. I mean, take for instance, Blancanieve or Snow White. Who is the good one and who is the bad one? This was his proof for his theory after I told him I didn't think that was the case. He asked me to give him an example of one case where this wasn't the case. And, while it took me a few seconds to think of one, I don't think they are far in between.
Anyway, I was obviously flattered that I was included in the "young and beautiful" category, which by the way is one great benefit of living in Spain - being called "guapa" on a regular basis. So, this man told me that he hangs out in Starbucks and at least recently has talked with quite a few guapa girls from the US.
21 septiembre 2007
Turning over a new leaf
So... I've been playing around with the whole idea of blogs and, honestly, can't say I've become fully convinced that I'm made for blogging, but I like to read other people's blogs after which I always think about my lame blog and how I should try to keep it up. I mean, really, there are plenty of interesting things to write about in my life or at least in my city. So... here is a new go at it. And, if it works, maybe more than just a handful of people would actually know that I have a blog. funny.
11 septiembre 2007
"In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God..."
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. the light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.
There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.
He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. he came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God -- children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John testifies concerning him. He cries out, saying, 'This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me ahs surpassed me becasue he was before me.' ' From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus chrsit. No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father's side, has made him known." (John 1:1-18)
Somehow, as the beginning of the semester is drawing near, and, as a new and challenging year is beginning, it is good for me to be reminded of John 1. It sets my compass to the right place, it reminds me of who I am and what is true. It reminds me of Jesus's great humility to come to earth and live amongst us, but also of his majesty. He was with God in the beginning! He in fact is God. And, it says here, that nothing was made that didn't come into existence through him. That means a lot! That means that not a detail goes without his notice. That means that He does in fact have power over nature, power over my life, power over the details of my life in Madrid, Spain, power over even the things that seem far out of my control. That is very good news!!!
I need to be reminded that the rock I am clinging to will in fact hold me, that it's not just a nice thing I tell myself, but it is a firm and reliable foundation. And this Word, this Light, this Jesus, is the one who gives LIFE. That is why I'm here. That is why I have given everything to follow him. Oh, that I may be reminded of these truths every moment of every day, so that I would have confidence to encounter the winds and waves of life.
There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.
He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. he came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God -- children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John testifies concerning him. He cries out, saying, 'This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me ahs surpassed me becasue he was before me.' ' From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus chrsit. No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father's side, has made him known." (John 1:1-18)
Somehow, as the beginning of the semester is drawing near, and, as a new and challenging year is beginning, it is good for me to be reminded of John 1. It sets my compass to the right place, it reminds me of who I am and what is true. It reminds me of Jesus's great humility to come to earth and live amongst us, but also of his majesty. He was with God in the beginning! He in fact is God. And, it says here, that nothing was made that didn't come into existence through him. That means a lot! That means that not a detail goes without his notice. That means that He does in fact have power over nature, power over my life, power over the details of my life in Madrid, Spain, power over even the things that seem far out of my control. That is very good news!!!
I need to be reminded that the rock I am clinging to will in fact hold me, that it's not just a nice thing I tell myself, but it is a firm and reliable foundation. And this Word, this Light, this Jesus, is the one who gives LIFE. That is why I'm here. That is why I have given everything to follow him. Oh, that I may be reminded of these truths every moment of every day, so that I would have confidence to encounter the winds and waves of life.
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