Oct 16 2006
The Precursors and The Preface
“I am the man that G-d has created me to be and I deserve everything that G-d has for me.â€
I’ve never done this before, especially not at this level, so in many ways, to actually put the figurative “pen to paper†in regards to my present and future is quite a daunting prospect. Oh, I’m a planner – to a fault – but I’ve never truly set out to make them visible to myself or to others. Even when planning to attend seminary, I found it hard to talk about myself in the future tense, because I’m afraid of what that really means – stability, growing up, leaving behind the blissful transience and perpetual floating that I had come to know. I enjoyed being Peter Pan, since I wasn’t beholden to any of the responsibilities that my Dad, former pastors, John Eldridge, and other American Alpha Males told me that I had to take up as an adult. I wasn’t like them, so I chose to eschew anything that remotely looked like they did, no matter what it may have been – jobs, relationships, dressing up, owning a house, or leisure activities – and I enjoyed doing so. Continue reading “The Precursors and The Preface”
