Wednesday, March 1 – In Like A Lion


Natalie Merchant, "Tigerlily"
Original Soundtrack Recording, "Baseball: A Film By Ken Burns" (it’s that time again; whoopee!!!)
Amy Grant, "Lead Me On"
Ben Folds Five, "The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner"
 
 
 
 
y prospecting phone call today actually went well. I’m excited about the possibility; they sounded interested in my background; life is good. I’d be working in a much smaller group than I am now, which is actually something I miss. And, again, it’s a lot closer to home.

I actually have high hopes for a change that something is bound to happen. Spring is in the air (hence the "Baseball" CD above). The birds are singing, the sky is blue (which has actually been rare lately, even in San Diego). And I think I’m completely out of time – if something doesn’t happen this month, I’ll be living here and working at my dead-end job for the rest of my life.

It's strange -- everything seems to be going well for me lately.  I've been in a good mood, instead of my usual cynical self (my wife has taken to calling me "Becker" lately, after the title character of the TV show, which features Ted Danson as a crotchety, sarcastic doctor in New York City).  I don't mean to get supernatural here or anything, but....

We just started regularly reading the Bible this week.  Plus, I've really been paying attention to the messages in church lately -- our pastor is a great speaker, especially when it comes to how you can apply things to your own life.

Now I know all the arguments that could come about -- that thinking things are going to get better can actually cause them to get better, just like how I've heard that smiling can actually put you in a better mood, even if you aren't happy to begin with.  It's the power of suggestion.  But I think it's a bit more than that.  I've seen people lives totally turn around when they get serious about Christianity.  Who's to say that mine, which isn't in need of a U-turn so much as a slight correction, couldn't be too?