things i learned today.

1. knowledge does not equal wisdom
2. discipline does not equal relational maturity

there are problably more things i learned today, but these are the biggest. and i don't remember what number comes after two.

*****

funny thing.

we share a name.

we share a past.

and now we share a job.

it was very weird meeting her this morning. she was working at my store. i had no idea it was her. she came in the back room and we introduced ourselves, as is customary with strangers. she said she recognized me from pictures on the front of my college's student viewbook and she told me where she went to church. all of the sudden it clicked in my head and i was rendered speechless. i had heard stories of her, and she of me, and by happenstance we met while she was covering a shift at my store.

and there was an instantaneous connection between us i would say. maybe it was just me that felt it. i asked her a couple questions that you really would never ask someone you've just met, but she answered honestly. and strange as the situation was, i was overwhelmed with compassion for her.

i know exactly how you feel.

the same questions, the same feelings, the same hurts. it's interesting to think that some time ago i was the same way.

maybe you were the lucky one.