Some mornings you just don’t know what to expect from a day.  Most mornings are like that even when the day is approached with a fool-proof plan and to-do list.  I just had breakfast with a friend for about 3 hours.  A 3 hour breakfast is ridiculous.

As Dave and I were talking we began to wonder how many people could actually use a good 3 hour breakfast, but never actually create the necessary space for one.  Now it just so happens that Dave and I share an occupation and few core beliefs as to how we are supposed to perform our duties.  We share a hope that somehow the lives that we lead might spill over into the lives of others.  Not that we lead perfect lives or are in any way the sort of people who proclaim we have it all figured out.  I’ll go out on a limb and speak for both Dave and myself and tell everyone who stumbles upon this post – “We’ve got almost NOTHING figured out!”

When we finally left, our waitress gave us the stink eye, but we didn’t care too much.  We eked out 20% for a tip; should have been more, but we both ran out of cash.  When there is no time to practice journeying toward eternity together, the dramatic message of a present and future Kingdom is simply a collection of neat words.

Too busy?  Carve some margains in your day for those meetings to run a bit long.  Thanks, Dave.  And by the way, buddy, I fully expect for you to do a guest post on Ream of Paper before Tuesday!