So I’m all busy writing about stuff I’m thinking about, and what I think about that stuff, and so on, and so forth…when a couple of weeks ago I see this post from Barb. And she’s all like, “I don’t give a rip what you THINK anymore…I want to know how you ARE. In fact, I’m not even going to read you people’s stinkin’ blogs if you keep telling me what you THINK about stuff. Tell me how you ARE.”
I’m paraphrasing, of course, but that was the gist. I mean, she could have said it that way…
Anyhow.
At first, I was all like, “Well, how do you like that? I’m writing all this amazing stuff just for Barb, and she’s not even reading anymore.”
And then I was all like, “Shoot, she turned out just like Jim, who refuses to read my posts about theology anymore because he’s all interested “real life”. Whatever that means.
And then I forgot about it for a couple of weeks, because I was just too busy writing about what I THINK. But apparently I kept it on the back burner, because I started thinking about it again. And I was like, “Well, if it will maybe get Barb reading again, what’s the harm in it?” And then I got scared, and was like, “If Barb feels this way, maybe other people do, too. Heck, maybe almost nobody’s reading anymore. And of course, that prob’ly means our upcoming Blogging Revival is gonna be a bust. So maybe I better listen to Barb.”
But then I was like, “Wait just a cotton-pickin’ minute. What I think, and how I am…aren’t they pretty much the same? What about, ‘I think, therefore I am’? What about the Bible saying, “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he?” How can I possibly separate the two? Don’t these people know what I think IS how I am?”
And then I was all like, “I’m over-thinking this….”
I tend to over-think things. (And from the looks of this post so far, I also apparently talk to myself far more than I once thought.)
So….just for Barb, and all the rest of ye…here’s a post about how I’m doing.
I’m doing fine.
Sorry, this post has gone too long from my over-thinking. That’s all I really have time to say right now. Guess I’ll have to break this post into two parts. 🙂
Gotcha.
Seriously, tomorrow I’ll take my tongue out of my cheek and talk for real about how I’m doing. Promise.
Are you reading this, Barb?
Wayward Son
Musician. Composer. Recovering perfectionist. Minister-in-transition. Lover of puns. Hijacker of rock song references. Questioner of the status quo.
I'm not really a rebel. Just a sincere Christ-follower with a thirst for significance that gets me into trouble. My quest has taken me over the fence of institutional Christianity. Here are some of my random thoughts along the way. Read along, join in the conversation. Just be nice.
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OK, OK, Ok!! I'm listening. Kinda. Unless you start talking about that God stuff again 🙂
I still like to hear what you're thinking about. I suppose I care about how you are, but, yeah, whatever.
And, like, if you're thinking deep thoughts, like, and it's keeping your brain from turning into mush, you know, then it's all good, right? After all, if all you are is good, like, and you're not really thinking at all, then what's the good of that, right?
People like me that really care about you want to know that you are still thinking. And what you are thinking about. And what you think about what you are thinking about. After that, we care about how you are.
I'm really starting to like your blog posts.. You write like you think, I think.. LOL.
Sabrina
http://www.sabrinanothingtoloose.blogspot.com
Good to see my mike is still on, Barb. 🙂 But I can't promise not to talk about God. It's what I do. Ask anyone. 🙂
Al,
Thanks, bro. Just for context, Barb is a long-time blogger friend, and the real deal. I knew she was good-natured enough for me to have a little fun. 🙂
Sabrina,
Thanks. Good to have you in the conversation. 🙂