(Aside: It's been a very long time since I've posted anything on here on any sort of regular basis, and I'm not going to make any promises, but I've updated the look, and am adding the link back to my facebook page in hopes that I'll be inspired on a somewhat regular basis to share my thoughts.)

I was having a conversation with a friend of mine recently and this person made a comment about a mutual acquaintance being boring.  The context of the conversation, who we were talking about and who said this is not important.  I couldn't completely disagree, but I also couldn't agree.  After much thought about "boring people" I'm coming to a few conclusions:

First of all, (and I realize this is a typical happy churchy thought) I think to say one of God's created souls is boring is to say more about ourselves than the person to whom we're referring.  I have to say I think no person is truly boring, some of us just make it more difficult for others to see what's "below the surface" and some of us are also better at distracting others from what's below the surface.  But it's what's below the surface that makes each of us unique and interesting. 

The one thing I can say is that I think the people who are the most boring are the ones who lack depth.  The unfortunate side of this is that there's no way to create depth in yourself, and what usually creates depth is experiences of suffering and/or loss (a favorite quote of mine: Suffering can ruin your life, but no suffering will ruin your life).  So the very processes that make a person interesting are often the same processes that cause us to protect ourselves even more and hide our depth.  There could be many reasons for doing this; anything from being afraid that those we come in contact with will cause us to suffer in ways we've suffered before (and no one wants that), to being unsure if someone else will understand and appreciate our depth. 

I don't really have a good conclusion to this thought... I guess I'm just throwing it out there to get people to think and reach their own conclusions.  And maybe to get folks to reconsider someone they may have previously written off.  Some people are hard to get to know, but sometimes the harder someone is to get to know the more rewarding they can be to have in your life.

When something like this is happening in our country.  And in a "RECESSION"!?  Right... a recession...

I heard a commentary on this today, and one of the women made a statement about "mob mentality" and that how people act in a mob is not necessarily how they would act in a smaller group or if no one else was there.  Wait.  I thought the saying was "Character is what we do when no one is watching".  So which is it?  Are we better people when people are around or when no one's there? 

Ok, usually I'd leave you all (anyone who reads this anymore) to answer this kind of question for yourself.  But I can't help but put in my 2 cents here.  I must say I think we're never better.  We're always evil.  Admitting this is the first step toward salvation.

Sometimes I feel guilty about my caffeine addiction.

And sometimes I think, if lethargy is a symptom of depression then caffeine addiction is the only thing that keeps me sane.

And sometimes (like when I'm still awake at 1am) I'm just annoyed with my caffeine addiction.