Look differently.

My brother admitted an embarrassing story to me the other day. He was at the tail end of a mini summer semester, chock full of anatomy and physiology. He had many late nights studying and cramming for his final. A friend let him look over his notes and my brother could not figure out what his friend wrote.

“Eee-yes? What’s eee-yes?”

“What are you talking about?”

“You wrote it down here. Eee-yes.”

“Uh, that says Eyes.”

I had a good chuckle at my brother’s momentary lapse of brain function and we joked about it all weekend. But I thought it was crazy that someone could see an everyday word like EYES and see EEE-YES. (Pronounced much like “e-mail” or Rick James’s “EEE-YES! WHAAAT?!”)

It’s a weak analogy at best, but I saw a Bible verse tonight that I’ve seen a million times. Probably literally. It’s on coffee cups, graduation cards, and as seen tonight, on Myspace pages.

“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” - Jeremiah 29:11

This verse has to be one of the most planted verses I have ever known. It’s one of the first verses I’ve memorized and it wasn’t even on purpose. I’ve just seen it and heard it so many times. And I’ve definitely rolled my eyes at church when I hear this verse because it lost its luster in my eyes, eee-yes.

But then I remembered something I posted earlier this month.

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On hold.

Thanks Dwight for the comment, reminding me to call Time Warner so they could reimburse me for all the cable TV I didn’t watch in May. That’s what I’m doing right now - I’ve got TWC on speakerphone, although there is no hold music. I’m wondering if I picked the wrong menu option - the black hole option - or if the hold music is broken, just like my cable TV was.

I went to bed as a Debbie Downer last night and actually woke up early - which is confusing. I wasn’t sure what today would bring, but it came out… THE SUN came out and stayed out! This was also confusing since there has been a gray cloud over my head all month. So, full of confusion, I decided to try and look at things half-full today. I think it was mainly due to the sun, but it ended up being a good day. Read more »