i don’t smell good. July 24th, 2008
this is because i got home from work and have not showered.
mel picked me up from work so that we could go do some counseling with Denny Gunderson, who happens to be a great guy. it went pretty well.
you see- i’m a happier guy than i was a few months ago. i think this is mostly because i’ve somehow crawled out from under a heaping pile of “christian” dogma, rules, cultural garbage, shame and peer pressure.
so now that i’m out of the christian closet, as i will call it, i find myself feeling more honest, laughing more, and generally being happier. it’s been sort of weird/difficult for mel and i to go through this transition from being in ywam for the last 10 years to having a normal life, and that’s where the counseling is helpful. i highly recommend it.
in other counseling news, i will begin career counseling next tuesday at centerpoint. it’s with a small group of 20-30 year olds spending 30 hours over the next 10 tuesday nights for the purpose of clarifying our next career/life move(s). i’m not sure, of course, but it sounds good. i think it will be helpful to spend that much time just working through this stuff- what are my strengths, where can they be best used, etc.
of course, i still want to be on the radio, but if that doesn’t work out i’ll have some more water in my well to get me through this tough time.
the facilitator of the class is a Mars Hill grad school (not to be confused with the other mars hill, which is a hill in Greece) so this gives me some assurance as to her abilities and values. i don’t have a lot of experience with that school, but i will give it a “kicks ass” rating on the ben parsons scale.
