In the beginning, God created...
The trees were a little bit brighter green, the air a little more crisp and surrounding, and the sky inviting me to gaze upon its simplicity. Today.
Today I got out of my Macroeconomics class early, and thats a good thing! So... I hurried to Starbucks for a doppio to wake up for the rest of my day. :) I was grateful to have made it back to campus with ten minutes to spare and the bonus of caffiene in my system before a Biology lecture. I pulled into the lot outside of the Science department and began skimming the isles with my eyes, as I drove up and down, searching for "my spot." This lot always fills pretty nicely but surely, I can always fall back on a measly last row or two spot... Hm, all full... "What is this all about...?" So, I drive to the next lot over, Math lot. Now I'm talking to myself about why on earth this parking lot is just so jam packed today... Up and down, up and down, back to Science lot...Still Nothin... "Oh hey, there's that guy I passed ten minutes ago, at least I'm not alone on this..." Surely in front of the next building over, Administration....No?....Alright, almost on the complete opposite side of campus now, just out yonder a bit further, sandwiched between these two...aha, There IS a spot for me! :)
I was nearly 10 minutes late for class at this point. So I speed walk all the way to my classroom, trying to gain my composure as I turn the corner, only to find a note on the door. "Biology in 138 today."
138?
Where's that?....
I got there. ...To 138. And all was fine.
138 was different than the norm though... no stadium seating, for one. Just loooonnng rows of desks. I sat in the second to last chair. This classroom appeared very long and very narrow. Being a front row kind of student, I found myself, quickly, slightly distracted, analyzing my new surroundings. I'm not sure what this classroom usually serves as because the walls had all sorts of things hanging from them. A giant Period Table of Elements was right next to a HUGE map of the world. I found myself peering beyond the Elements and starring at that map for just a few moments. In those few seconds, really, I began to think deeply....
"Wow. I'm in one part of that little old peninsula there at the bottom of that seemingly small western continent. What a big world. I'm such a small part of it." I had one of those moments I love where I remember, it's not all about ME. T
here's a lot going on out there.
Later this evening as I was driving home from school, sitting at a traffic light, waiting to turn left, almost picking right up from where I left off daydreaming in Biology... I began watching the other people turn right at the intersection. I got a good look at their faces, one by one as they turned in their vehicles. I noticed their expressions and what they were doing. Some were on the phone, some looked focused, some engaged in animated conversation with a passenger, some just lookin' a little zoned out. (That's probably how I looked ;) ) I began thinking again...Even here, where I live, there are so many people!
So many lives... People I will never meet.... People I will pass by every day.
Many situations. So many emotions. A lot of hurt. A lot lost. Many searching. And so many desperate for truth and answers.
God, Where do I fit in all this?
At least 6,973,738,433 people out there today.
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