Celibate and Sane: Surreal Moments ©

February 25, 2010

Surreal Moments ©

Those surreal moments in life happen when you least expect them. A friend was talking about how her dog was licking its paws in time to the music and for a moment, time seemed to stand still as she watched the dog in awe, thinking for just a fraction of a second, that perhaps the dog was doing it on purpose.

I had a surreal moment recently as I was driving along the highway. Running parallel to the road on my left were two railway lines. I noticed that my car was lined up with the front engine of a train heading in the same direction as me. It was overtaking a slower train situated on the left-side track. At just that very moment, the car from behind overtook me on the right-hand side, and there we were ... 2 trains = 2 cars doing exactly the same thing in the same part of the world.

It was nothing to get too excited about I suppose, but what are the chances of that happening? Probably about the same statistical odds of seeing a perfectly round rainbow, but I've seen that too!

A few years ago I was flying back to my home-town when I looked out the window and saw the first round rainbow in my life. These are usually seen from higher altitudes and are not that common. There was no-one in the seat beside me. Like an over-enthusiastic child I wanted to grab hold of someone and point out the window and squeal "Look! A round rainbow!"

The rest of the passengers would probably have looked at me as if I was some kind of lunatic, but I was almost jumping up and down in my seat with excitement at the sight! Finally, as we left the rainbow behind us, I contented myself with the thought that I had witnessed something unusual, other than what I usually see in the mirror each morning. ©

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Personal Quotes from Vicki-S

"Occasionally I find my breakfast a little bitter, and sometimes it's difficult to chew and swallow; though at other times it's sweet, but it’s very satisfying and always sustains me. My most important meal of the day, is feasting on God’s Word and drinking up His presence."

I love me, because God loves me. It's not that God doesn't see my flaws, they are like blazing torches in His eyes, but rather that He sees past my imperfections and still loves me. And who am I to argue with the perfect God that I am worthwhile, that I am worthy of love, and that He accepts me and wants me to be His child, His beloved daughter? When I understood this, I began to accept and embrace His version and His vision of me, and not the world's.

"The silent treatment and sulking are simply two other weapons in the arsenal of the manipulator."

"Often people use the metaphor of a butterfly emerging from its cocoon to describe how we can grow from difficult experiences, but what they don't mention is the fact that at first we start off as an ugly caterpillar."

"We so often just get caught up in trying to just get through each day, that we forget to pause and be thankful for the fresh one that is presented anew and untouched each morning."

"Contrary to what we might think, forgiveness isn't so much about healing our relationship with that other person, but about healing our own broken heart."

"The purpose of school reunions is to show off how much you've achieved in life, to laugh at the once popular kids who've aged more quickly than you; and to wince at the guy who was a bully in school and who aptly became a policeman."

"I've found in many organisations where volunteers are needed, including the modern-day church, that 80% of its people sit back and let everyone else do most of the work, then there's the 10% who actually make the place run, and the remaining 10% just like to whinge about the 10% doing the work, especially about how they could do it better."

"When traced back to its source, every sin, every despicable act, and every war was motivated by someone's selfishness."

"I do not want to think of man, for that would distract me from God. But if I focus on God, I cannot help but think of my fellow man, and each day God keeps the scales balanced so that I have enough within me to do both."

"Overcoming depression isn’t about changing ones attitude, or just ‘getting on’ with things, it’s like removing one’s personal black shroud one thread at a time, with ones teeth.”