Ramblings of a Kingdom Beggar: Tea with Ghandi

There is a reason there was no blog yesterday, it's called I was having the best two days of the whole Cali trip. Mandy has some friends that live in Burbank, CA so we took a road trip within our road trip to go see them. I won't bore you with the details, but it was the best things we've done this whole trip. Best Mexican food I've ever eaten (Poquito Mas), best Disney movie I've seen in a long time (Princess and the Frog), best beach I've ever seen (El Matador Beach in Malibu). We did some touristy things too: Hollywood sign, Chinese Theater, Walk of Fame, lookout over the city (holy poo, it was pretty). What I liked most was that seeing all these things took about an hour, besides the look out, that took a little longer because we had to jump a fence... Aww yea!
In the morning Irina (ear-ree-nah), our wonderful and gracious hostess, made us (well really me, because Mandy didn't eat anything) toast and tea for breakfast. My cup had a Gandhi quote on it and it's one that I love dearly :: "Be the change you wish to see in the world."

In my three years at a Christian College I wish that I had a dollar for every time I heard someone say they were waiting to hear where God was calling them. As if God was going to plop down in the chair next to them and tell them all they were supposed to do. So what about free will? We get no say in what we want to do? We just have to wait? I don't think so. Jesus didn't make the fish and loaves appear out of thin air to feed the five thousand, like a magic trick. He needed the raw material to make a miracle. A body in motion is easier to direct than a body at rest. You want purpose? You want change? Give God some fish. Get up, get out, and start living your life. Stop waiting for God to tell you what to do because He's not going to drop down out of the sky. Be the change you wish to see.

I've started living my life::