Neko

Monday, December 22, 2003

2 more after this 1

PromoGuy's Monday Mission 3.51

1. Last night, I had a nightmare that my car had been stolen. I and a female companion were leaving a party and my car, that had been parked in the street, was gone. It was so real, that my pulse was quickening. I panicked, and said to myself "It must be a dream, I have to wake up!" I crouched down on my feet, grabbed my head and with all my might fought to wake up. Finally, I did, and it really was a dream, but my heart was pounding so bad that it took a while to calm down. Have you ever had a dream so real, that inside the dream you had to fight to wake yourself up? Do you remember the dream? I've had many dreams like that lately. They're the scary ones because it affects you physically just as if you were awake. I've heard of people dying because of such dreams, because the mind percieves it as a real occurance.

2. I've mentioned this before, but I really don't believe in the concept of a "soul-mate." Maybe this is because I've never really felt like I have met mine. Once I thought maybe, but she felt someone else was hers. Could be that in another relationship I met her, and for some reason it didn't work out, but then, we wouldn't really have been soul-mates, would we? So, when I hear someone say "I've met my soul-mate" I cringe and roll my eyes and mumble "yeah, right." How would you define the concept of a "soul-mate" is? Do you believe in such things? Have you met your soul-mate? Have I met my soulmate?: I thought I had. I do believe in the concept, and I know now that I haven't met mine yet. To me, a soulmate is someone who understands you better than anyone else, always supports you, and works with you as a partner, not against you as an adversary. The person I thought was my soulmate hasn't met theirs either. Maybe I was not meant to have one.

3. What does it take to make men happy anyway? I wish I knew.

4. What is your favorite piece of electric hardware, and why? I'd have to say my battery powered toothbrush...because I've always had a hard time remembering to take care of that with "regular" toothbrushes, and with this one, it's just so darn much fun, it doesn't feel like such a chore.

5. Yesterday in our adult Sunday School class, a lady was telling us about a woman with car trouble she had stopped to help. Now, the lady who stopped had her own 2 small children in her car. With so much uncertainty out there, I am not so sure I would stop to help a stranger if I had 2 children in my car. Turns out though, that the motorist was a mother who had a 15-month old in the car and was on the way to church. She also had just lost an infant and was having the service the next day, but now would have no way to get there. Eventually she got the lady and her child to her church. It left me wondering how many people I had just driven by that I could have helped. But at the same time, I felt like she was taking too big of a risk stopping to help a stranger when it was just her and her children. Have you ever stopped to help a stranded motorist? Has anyone ever stopped to help you when you were stranded? Isn't there some element of risk involved when helping someone with car trouble, or is it better to just "do unto others as you'd have them do unto you?" I have stopped to help stranded motorists, but only when I am with someone else, because of all the weirdos out there. I have had people stop to help me when I was in that position, and I am grateful that they did. As my "on-again, off-again" boyfriend is fond of saying: "your good works will be rewarded in the Kingdom of Heaven".

6. Just for fun, what is the one present you'd like for Christmas, but you know there is no way you will? Saon

7. What are you thankful for this Christmas [or your current holiday this season]? That I'm alive.

BONUS: Could you hurry, sir? Daddy says there's not much time. I'll do my best.