Currently my cohort is on break and I am staying with some friends in San Diego. Yesterday I was doing some paper work and walked out to my car, which was parked across the street. As I walked out I noticed that a police car had just pulled up and a cop was walking to a nearby house. Without thinking too much about it I walked to my car and started looking for some missing paperwork. While in the process, I saw the cop walking towards me. When he got to me he asked "are you living in your car, we got a complaint that you are." My first thought was - not this week. I smiled inside as I said no, and that I was staying with my friends across the street. Since then I have become increasingly amused by the event. My car does not have a back seat, but an outsider can not see the bed inside. Since arriving I have not moved, or been near my car. I could understand someone reporting that it had been abandoned, but I am reminded once again how sensitive America is to people sleeping in their cars.
Today an article was published in the APU news paper about me (Living 'Less is More' - www.scribd.com/doc/48015464/2-2-2011). It all started two weeks ago when I met a pastor at a conference who asked during dinner where I lived. Turns out he has a daughter that is a journalism major at APU. I am still a little amused that I ended up on the front page of the news paper in such a short period of time. When she first asked if she could interview me, my mind flooded with all the possible consequences of agreeing. In the end though, I realized that I am committed to living a bigger life than I can control. In other words, if I want to be in control of my life, it will have to be very small. In the end, I can only be true to what I am committed to, and let the events unfold around me. I am amazed how many waves I have made by the very simple act of letting go of my best interested and investing in the hopes of another instead. In truth, I am scared how many people around me are amazed by the choice. It is as if people are afraid they will lose their life if they dare love, and so they never live it... which means they lose it by default. If you have not read the last post, I recommend it, although I would like to clarify that the "wanter" is a voice in our heads.
