Wow...I wish we didn't have to be skeptical, pragmatic, and circumspect to navigate life and relationships with other people. It would be nice if being naive, innocuous, giving the benefit of the doubt and believing the best in others could always be the rule of thumb....but - and I don't mean this in bitterness - I think it is part of wisdom to be a bit wary. I guess this is part of sin. We cannot live life totally unaware; we must be "gentle as doves, shrewd as serpents" (Proverbs). I guess I wish all the good things I imagine could be true, but then I would be divine -I would have the power to make things happen. Well, I wish I (and the world) were wired so that that could be possible.

One of the things I look forward to each day is taking in new data about the world. But sometimes the data is very depressing. I am so depressed...how am I going to share in cell group tonight?

So it turns out I need a new cell phone. Maybe it is okay to dally about getting it. At first I thought I should hurry, but maybe peace and quiet for awhile would be nice.