Warm Fuzzies/Cold Pricklies
Back in grade school, our guidance counselor came into our class, and told us about warm fuzzies and cold pricklies. I don’t really remember what she told us they were, but I do remember the feelings that cause me to think of them.
Warm Fuzzy: Two weeks ago, I was in a play. For some of you who know me, you may be shocked. I am not a dramatic person. I don’t really enjoy being in front of people. The play was at my church, was Heaven’s Gates/Hell’s Flames. Some of you may be familiar with it. Initially I offered my services as setup/teardown crew. But the more and more I thought about, I really felt like God wanted me to be in the play. So I signed up for the cast. The day before the casting, I was looking at the roster and it appeared that there was plenty of people signed up. So I thought, maybe they won’t need me. So, I still went through the reading and of course I was cast, not only as an actor, by with one of the longer roles. But the most awesome thing happened. That first night, as I walked on to the stage, I felt nothing but calm. I remembered all my lines, and I hit most of my marks. And I had fun. In the end, I realized that it was God helping to make this work.
Cold Prickly: This summer, I went to ValleyFair with my church youth group, as a chaperon. Some of the guys wanted me to go on a couple of rollercoasters. I don’t like rollercoasters. They don’t make my stomach happy. But I, not wanting to wuss out, said I would go on a couple. I remember that feeling, sitting in the car of the coaster, waiting for the ride to start moving. Then, it did. Slowly it crept out of the station, to the first big hill. It was all I could do not to scream and try to jump out.
Have you ever sat around with your co-workers and say “Wouldn’t if be great if . . .” And then, when a boss or a manager takes that idea and runs with, you suddenly realize, “Whoa, this is going to happen.” Then you have meeting after meeting, and everybody is throwing their wish list out there and suddenly, its not the original idea anymore, its bigfoot. There are a lot of people who believe in bigfoot, there are even some people who say that they have seen it (some even have pictures). But when you get all of those people together, and ask them to separately to describe it, everybody comes up with the same rough description, but when you get to the details, they all think differently. So, this idea, its no longer your own, its somebody else’s and it doesn’t matter what you say or what you do, you know its going to painful to turn you simple, basic idea, into somebody else’s vision. Talk about cold pricklies.
Oh yeah, the rollercoaster. It ended up fine. I didn’t get sick, and I even went on another coaster (which I immediately regretted).
