Behold the boldness of my silly mistakes.

2 things you should know. 

1) I got lost on the Seattle Metro Bus system today. I planned on riding the number 17 to James Street Downtown, but missed it when the bus lady mumbled james street and then wound up waiting very patiently for the bus to turn around. So patiently and unsuspectingly I might add, that when the bus finally stopped and I realized the extent of the fool I had been…I was in White Center. I then got off the bus chatted with a man from Honduras, took a different bus back to downtown. I was inwardly fuming for a large part of the afternoon. I spent about 2 hours in a bus and it was a hellish and irritating experience. I was late for my appointment (it actually didn’t even happen), I was frustrated, and what’s more …it was completely my fault. Damn.

Incidentally, I did a few things that may have redeemed my time. I called my sister. That was cool. I also talked to the man there in White Center. He was nice. It’s fun to speak spanish with strangers. On my way back to town I got a text message from my friend Curran remarking on the course of my day that it was “full of Jesus”. I suppose that’s true. Even when I was on a bus hating life Jesus was there. Sometimes you get these little memos at the end of a long day and you don’t know quite how to apply it. Nonetheless, it was a day full of Jesus. Aren’t they all?

2) I accidentally poked myself in the eye the other day while I was drying off with a towel. It hurt. 

I hope that the profundity of the dumbness that I experienced within the past 4 days taught you something about humanity. It might not have. What it says to me though is that Jesus is at work even in the midst of stupid decisions, misplaced patience, and pointless bus rides. 

In fact those little things are just the things that are stupid and negative. We often tend to characterize our days (at least I do) by the bad things. What about the good things? I had dinner with great friends. I had a great conversation with my friend Lindsey. I talked to my sister. I got exercise. I wrote a clever essay (mostly there was this one paragraph that I was way into). I went to class and had fun dialogue about the philosophical weakness of the argument behind classical liberalism (i.e. Adam Smith and Wealth of Nations) as well as the role of corporate responsibility. These were fun things.

I even took a power nap. Kudos goes out to Ed smyth.