Monday Mission:

1. Last night, I had a nightmare that my car had been stolen. I and a female companion were leaving a party and my car, that had been parked in the street, was gone. It was so real, that my pulse was quickening. I panicked, and said to myself "It must be a dream, I have to wake up!" I crouched down on my feet, grabbed my head and with all my might fought to wake up. Finally, I did, and it really was a dream, but my heart was pounding so bad that it took a while to calm down. Have you ever had a dream so real, that inside the dream you had to fight to wake yourself up? Do you remember the dream? I've had a few here and there. I don't really remember the dreams now but I've posted a few.

2. I've mentioned this before, but I really don't believe in the concept of a "soul-mate." Maybe this is because I've never really felt like I have met mine. Once I thought maybe, but she felt someone else was hers. Could be that in another relationship I met her, and for some reason it didn't work out, but then, we wouldn't really have been soul-mates, would we? So, when I hear someone say "I've met my soul-mate" I cringe and roll my eyes and mumble "yeah, right." How would you define the concept of a "soul-mate" is? Do you believe in such things? Have you met your soul-mate? Some say soul mates aren't really the person you end up loving for life, but a person you have a deep bond with. I agree with the deep bond idea. I like to believe I have a soul mate but I don't think I've found that person, yet.

3. What does it take to make men happy anyway? I don't know. Beer and football?

4. What is your favorite piece of electric hardware, and why? I can't narrow it down.

5. Yesterday in our adult Sunday School class, a lady was telling us about a woman with car trouble she had stopped to help. Now, the lady who stopped had her own 2 small children in her car. With so much uncertainty out there, I am not so sure I would stop to help a stranger if I had 2 children in my car. Turns out though, that the motorist was a mother who had a 15-month old in the car and was on the way to church. She also had just lost an infant and was having the service the next day, but now would have no way to get there. Eventually she got the lady and her child to her church. It left me wondering how many people I had just driven by that I could have helped. But at the same time, I felt like she was taking too big of a risk stopping to help a stranger when it was just her and her children. Have you ever stopped to help a stranded motorist? Has anyone ever stopped to help you when you were stranded? Isn't there some element of risk involved when helping someone with car trouble, or is it better to just "do unto others as you'd have them do unto you?" Well, if I'm alone, I'm not going to help anyone. In this day and age, you don't know what's out there. If the world was safe, I wouldn't mind helping at all. Now, I've been with my mother when she has helped a stranded motorist. Thankfully, I haven't been a stranded motorist on my own. My fmaily, yes, and thankfully people have helped us.

6. Just for fun, what is the one present you'd like for Christmas, but you know there is no way you will? A digital camera.

7. What are you thankful for this Christmas [or your current holiday this season]? I'm alive, I'm in school, and things are ok at the moment.

BONUS: Could you hurry, sir? Daddy says there's not much time. Gag me with a spoon. Not "The Christmas Shoes" song. I'm sorry but that song sickens me. Must we get that damn depressing at Christmas?

Posted by Shawn at December 22, 2003 12:51 PM in Monday Mission.