Day 129n: Ever drunk on the Divine … (September 05, 2019)
I rolled into Waynesboro and headed straight to the library to check in with folks online. Afterwards I was strolling onward towards that night’s place of rest, when I passed by more-than-slightly-inebriated and more-than-mildly-friendly Gavin & Dustin (who were hanging out in their yard with Ashley & young Corey). They all saw me sauntering past and called me over and heard about my Walk and told me to sit down and rest for a bit while Dustin (or was it Gavin?) went inside and jubilantly made me an entire loaf of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the road. It was so heartwarming how effusively kind they all were – how they laughed at the (on their face) shocking silliness of my efforts, and yet how they went so far out of their way to be so incredibly goodhearted and kind, as if I was in that moment truly & earnestly the most important person in their entire world. And so here in Waynesboro I found a fully unexpected example of how we were all supposed to be – whether stolidly sober or blasted by beer, fully drunk on the Divine …
“The apple trees does not need the fruit that they produce, and yet they give the entirety of their lives over to producing the same for those who do. And I often wonder what would happen if we were all more like those trees; producing to give rather than to have; having to serve rather than to hoard … And the trees too give without limitation or judgment. They offer to all regardless of morals or merit. In like vein, if we choose to view the person next to us as an obstacle to our goals or an enemy to our person and fail to realize that they are the real goal of our giving – and that they, by their mere presence on our path, are our greatest ally – then it is we who have become the obstacle to love, and it is we who have become the enemy of caring kindness … We are relevant until we are not. So set forth each day to help wherever people aren’t being helpful. Go out and actively look for where people aren’t being loved and love them there.” ~ inspired by Craig Lounsbrough & Richie Norton
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