Bob Hamp

Thinking differently takes some work you know.  Sometimes I just want to think the same.  It’s easier…You know what I mean?  

Some days I want to pretend that what I see is all that there is.  The past has nothing to do with my life and there is no spiritual dimension to my being and my existence.  Whatever impulse I have, I would love to just act on it.  

Some days I want to act as if my, yet unrefined desires, are all completely accurate, and that the rest of the world around me just hasn’t come to agreement with me yet.  I am tired of asking the question “why do I experience this?” or “where did that thought come from?”

Some days I want to live a if I really am the center of the universe and everyone else ought to just get on board.  

Some days I want to let my impulses tell me what to believe about life, God, you , and reality.  And then I want to act on those things.  

Some days I want to act as if I’m not connected to the other people on the planet and in my immediated geography, and that my choices and words don’t affect anyone but me.

Some days  I just want to tell God that He is not doing it right because He is not doing it the way I would.

Some days I want to keep  a record of wrongs.

Some days I just want to scream, cry and throw a fit.  Am I the only one?

Even as I write, I try to picture the ruin I would make of my life if I thought “the same”.  Holy Mackerel…what a mess that would be!

By the way, if you are my friend, family, or boss, and you are worried about me when you read this, most days, I think differently, and I want to laugh, play, hug people and transform the world into the picture that I believe God puts in my mind.

But, if I am completely honest, some days I just want to think the same.