“And I thought they were indestructible!”, I said to myself as I examined the compact disc I had just taken out of a sturdy cardboard envelope. Evidently they aren’t. My computer’s drive is still open, waiting to receive the CD but it is no longer a disk. It has been reduced to a piece of plastic and damaged information glued to the back of a piece of paper. Oh well, I’ll just have to sending and get another one.
I guess CDs are another one of those things in life that are only of value if protected.
On the wall above the microwave, hanging on a nail is another CD, my brother decided to experiment with it. Yes, he put it in the microwave.
Why are we always surprised when things we trust in prove untrustworthy? Coiled fluorescent light bulbs, baggage handling (of course not all of us trust that) and that when we Turn on the tap, water will come out.
The night before last I left the window open in the laundry room, thinking it was warmer out then it was. The next day, the plumber blew up. The rubber hose of his blowtorch cracked, and he ran out of the house with his hand on fire. Suddenly his day was a lot worse than mine, although I had not previously thought that possible.
A friend of mine has been constantly in and out of the hospital lately, fear is clinging to her body. She used to straighten shoes by doorways, now she’s being chased by the possibility of cancer, after a good friend of hers was diagnosed with a breast tumor.
What is the difference between having cancer and not knowing it, and being afraid that you have cancer and not having it? If you have seen The Secret, you heard the testimony of a woman who cured herself within six months by the power of positive thinking. Hundreds of times per day she would say “Thank You For My Healing”, fully believing that she was healed. She watched numerous funny movies with her husband and laughed as much as possible. The tumors shrank and then disappeared.
It seems as if these days, knowledge only leads to fear. Many years ago I realized one of the reasons God does not explain things to us, is that we do not have enough love to bear the information. Love and charity. Wisdom is knowledge applied, and when knowledge is misused, it can do a world of damage.
