Not So Famous…

It’s 5:15 am, and I’m awake? Why? Well, I don’t HAVE to be awake…that’s for sure. But I most definitely AM awake. After all, it would be more than a little weird if I were writing this in my sleep, wouldn’t it? No more than people expect of me…

Why am I awake? Well, for one, the thunder woke me up. Nothing like a little display of God’s majesty, eh? Something to remind you of just how insignificant you are apart from Him. :)

What kept me awake was a wonderful sense of foreboding I got when I got on the computer to reset my DVR computer. (I’m not going to expound upon that…if you want to know, ask me.) I turned on my laptop to take over my DVR computer, and decided to check my mail and do some quick browsing. The mail was standard…and to be honest, the browsing was too. I went to some of my favorite haunts, saw what was going on in the world. However, what I saw caused me to think, and what I thought about was not pleasant.

And what it resulted in was me lying awake in bed, with a sense of dread erasing any need to sleep. What is really annoying is that these senses of dread I occasionally get are almost always justified, in that the thing which I am dreading almost inevitably comes to pass. I don’t think it’s a mystical thing, or any sort of sixth sense. When I was younger, I believed in such things. Now that I am older and wiser, I can easily see that what I originally thought was a sixth sense or ESP was actually an intuition brought on by an application of intelligence to the situations at hand. It’s a a God-given ability in the sense that logic and the ability to think is a God-given ability. Some call it wisdom, but I digress.

The point is that I saw some things that disturbed me on the Internet. Not that there were shocking pictures, or a story that again reinforced that my fellow man is evil. No, it’s more of a personal nature. I therefore exhort every person who reads this excuse for a blog: Don’t do anything stupid. Am I trying to avert some disaster by warning people in a sort of grass-roots effort? Not necessarily, though possibly. And I’m not trying to get President Bush to avoid pressing the red button or anything like that either. Consider this a general exhortation to every person who comes and reads this journal entry. Look at your life’s circumstances, and above all, think before you act.

I used to think that everyone thought before they acted. I realize now that this was very thoughtless of me. Almost no one thinks before they act. Even people whom I would have thought would think, don’t. So having said that, if you’re reading this, then I think it supremely important that you use the brain that God gave you, and think long and hard before you act. Don’t let your emotions get in the way of your brain working. And yes, whoever you are…I’m talking about you.

I’m currently drinking: Nothing…it’s 5:30am! But last night I drank some of my beer. :) I’ll not tell you about it here, as I have an event planned tomorrow that will make the topic more noteworthy. :-D You’ll just have to wait, I guess. :-D