I'm thinking of changing the blog name to "Splashes of Sunshine". It struck me today that slices are measurable and meted out... but splashes are an excess of overflow and quite unrestrained. Lately it's become rather important to me that things be uncontainable. So many of our problems come from trying to measure our worth, hoard our good things, harness the power, control the gods, etc. The more than I grow closer to the creator of the universe - the more I realize how unbounded He is and what that means. It means I can never reach the end of his love or grace or patience. It means there are no insignificant details he doesn't see. It means he wants joy and goodness for me that will have no ceasing. He doesn't get bored or tired or grumpy and I'm sometimes sure the world and me could drive him there quickly. It means he wants me to see the world with endless wonder, not cynicism. It means I don't need to worry about being wise or making a name for myself. I don't have to be on the cutting edge of discovery or writing consistently in this blog to be influential. Sometimes it seems to me the wiser people try to be, the unhappier they become - either because of the competition or the endless need to be someone Great. The best thing about being a child of God... is rest... from the need to be anything but oneself... even if that person is small, "boring", and "unimportant" in the mechanisms of the grand world. Children, before they are sullied, are completely happy with themselves and enjoy the world without regard to making meaning. While children may look foolish, they never feel foolish unless they are made to feel so. To be a child - is to do things boldly without worrying how it appears and whether it will be significant. Perhaps the most foolish thing to do - is to try to make meaning out of one's life.
