Friday, September 27

so many thoughts...

i love rain.
i used to hate the rain, what with my dad owning a roofing company back in LA; it just meant a lot of annoying, loud calls to my home (one of the big reasons why i dislike phones).

but i'm free of that hate of rain now. yesterday, i left studying at around 9:30pm to catch dinner, and found myself in a pour.

i love walking in the rain, taking my sweet 'ol time. i feel like i'm in my own dimension or world, as i walk along, singing a song or whistling while people rush by me at double speed.

i like looking up, and seeing the raindrops fall. you can just be AWARE, and know that there are lots of drops falling, or you can focus on one drop at a time, going along with it on its journey to the groud.

the world just seems different when you take the time to notice these things.

then i realized that i was soaking wet. the wind was cold. i put my head down, and rushed to the subway stop. i couldn't study in this state. so now, i'm somewhat sick, and probably going to get worse. it was worth it, though.

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just got back from ravi zacharias: do all roads lead to God?

MAN. this guy is so clear, so organized in his thinking. i was taking notes furiously, even a little violently (i kept poking through the paper). i kept thinking, how is this man able to think in such an orderly, logical way? he is clearly blessed by God. i felt my heart beating with his points. ah, that i might be a mouthpiece like him.

what i loved most: as logical and intelligent as he was, he constantly went back to the gospel, and to the relationship one has with God.

i come home in awe of a mind greater than mine.

perhaps i will type out my notes and post them later. for now, just reflection.

comments
aileen @ 04.26.am | September 28, 2002

i like how clean the air feels when it rains and sometimes i'll be without an umbrella and just a baseball cap on my head...but too much rain makes my stomach cold and gives me the runs...i walk a fine line between pleasure and discomfort...
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tim @ 12.17.am | September 28, 2002

I love it when it rains, because of the sound it makes when it hits the skylight windows in my apartment. The pitterpatter is so relaxing.
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toile* @ 11.59.pm | September 27, 2002

i remember you writing about rain and books and your dislike-ment of phones in your labor day entry, when you visited your parents...
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jennie @ 11.39.pm | September 27, 2002

i miss rain... strange cause i used to hate it too... drizzled once in cali since i came... but no downpour of refreshing rain. :( i never looked up at the rain... i think i'll try that the next time it rains... if it ever does. well, hope you don't get sick cause that would suck.



yakob at 10:57 PM

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