Wanted to drop this short one here...

I call this one "The Course".

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I am dust falling through the heavens.

I don't know if I will be seen or found.

My course is directed, not by me.

I do not make a sound.

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Still on the cosmic theme, I guess. Predestination and temporal fulfillment are on my mind. God destines some to eternal joy, others to eternal misery, and the causes for each are plain. Earth is a protracted irony, with wicked men trampling the poor in their path to power and wealth, their path to damnation. This while the righteous give what they have to the poor, leaving precious little for themselves on earth. The only way a righteous man can have what he wants is for him to want nothing except what he already has, and in having that he gains an eternal reward beyond his expectations. Peace in the heart is a mystery that I cannot comprehend.

Btw, (I think I've complained about this before, but) I'm really bothered lately with YouTube's inexplicable algorithms for filtering and censoring conversations. I can't discuss a controversial topic online without either me or the other person losing our comments. And YouTube doesn't give you any warning when it filters your comment; as long as you are logged in you will see it and think that it posted without issue, but the person with whom you're speaking will think that you just never responded. What a ridiculous system, contravening the free exchange of knowledge, which invariably requires controversial interaction so that all arguments can be answered. YouTube is an irony; censoring free expression in the name of free expression..

In my daily life, I generally go to work, home, church, and sometimes the gym. Of those four places, church and home are the only two where I feel like it's culturally acceptable for me to express my beliefs about God openly, and in those two places everyone basically agrees with me. Where is the Areopagus? Where can I go to talk in person with people who disagree with me?

I wish I had an open-mic coffee shop nearby that I could go to... Some place where people could get up and have 10 minutes to vent their stupid opinions, and then have a 5 minute Q/A; a place where those same people could arrange for a time to have informal, optionally moderated debates on said opinions; what a cool place that would be. Someday, if I ever get enough money, I'm gonna open that coffee shop and call it Areopagus Coffee.

And, still on a Luvbird kick, here's another song of theirs that I like:


"I don't think anyone can really know."