so i am meeting lots of new people and stuff. i love meeting new people. the only problem is, i cant really get to know someone without time...and they wont know me very well without that whole time factor either. anywho, some interesting people i met recently is a couple of employees at Pier One.
Back story:
Shauna and I purchased a ridiculously expensive hamper from the above mentioned trader (they trade crap and we give them money: hence, a trader). Long story short, we found some less expensive hampers (notice the plural, here) that were a little over half the cost of the Pier One hamper. So, basically, three hampers (that actually matched our furniture) were much less than the ONE hamper. Back to the back story, upon purchasing this original hamper, I worked a lot. This wasn't really brought to my attention until Shauna (my wife...) pointed out to me on the ride home that I had worked extremely hard to get this hamper. Let me explain: the hamper was FULL of pillows..I emptied it and arranged the pillows in another hamper. The hamper then had trash in the bottom of it (the expensive hamper had trash in it...hint, hint) so I cleaned it out. The hamper price tag was missing, so I went and found a price tag. Working hard to buy an overpriced hamper...and I was oblivious.
PIER ONE EMPLOYEES: They did absolutely nothing to assist me. Shauna brought this to my attention...AFTER we had purchased this ridiculously expensive hamper. SO...have you ever seen the "Two A-Holes" sketch from SNL? Go here to make that connection. So basically, the employees were like the wife in that sketch. Even when I took the hamper back, these employess were clueless, and it didn't register with me until I come home and realized how disconnected to reality they seemed to be.
HERE's THE POINT: Ok, this is deep, you ready? Those employees didn't care about helping us in buying or returning that hamper AT ALL. I know, you may need to have a seat with all this profound thinking going on, but stay with me. I am convinced...truly convinced...that these employees represent too many people in our culture. i know...getting deep. point being: self centered.
I think the defining trait of our culture is quite possibly: self love. Even in our good deeds we fill a selfish insecurity most of the time. I don't know about you, but I have sat in many religious groups and been guilted into serving others to make myself feel better. The love of Christ has nothing to do with some oddly hanging demonic gold star chart that feeds our insecurity and greed. I am convinced that unless there is a philosophy change, even with our giving, that the falsities of this mindset will give way into even further misunderstanding of our creator. The false teachers mentioned in the NT are led by these. I am convinced that those false teachers leading the charge are more ingrained in our religious culture than we realize.
all that from some Pier One employees, the 2 a-holes sketch from SNL, and some creepy NT verses...
take the risk,
n
