I think sometimes the things we believe are silly. We often have absolutely no idea what we base some of our beliefs on, but rather than taking the time to sort through all that jazz we just keep on thinking it. One example, today as I was leaving a friends' house we were talking and laughing about this stupid bird that, for the past couple weeks, has been flying into their living room window. Over and over again, it flys into the window, drops, lands on the ledge and flys in again. Today it decided to fly into a different window with a screen and I noticed it grabbed onto the screen with it's little claws and just sat there watching us. As we were talking about it, my friend made a comment to the effect of, "I wouldn't be surprised if that's my grandma." (who passed away last year) She went on to say, "you hear about weird stuff like that alot (I think she watches too much Oprah) and she is just checking in on us, I swear I just have this feeling that it's her." I didn't know what to add to that comment, I was so shocked. I mean, I know she doesn't have the same beliefs in God and the world as I do, but that to me just seemed a little off the wall. I think if she logically sat there and thought through it, she wouldn't know what made her think that. Anyways, I just thought that was really interesting, and pretty sad if you dwell on it too long! All I know is that I'm thankful I don't believe every creature who stares in the window at me is a deceased relative. That'd make staying home alone all the more freaky.
I'm leaving tomorrow morning to bike the 300+ miles from Belmont to Mackinaw (or Mackinac, whichever you prefer) with a bunch of high schoolers in the 90 degree humid, heat! PRAY FOR US!
