That became readily evident when I got tagged with a “25 Things About Myself” meme and my mind went blank.
Who was I really? I was a guy who liked pizza and 80s music. Other than that, I couldn’t really tell you anything. I used to think I knew who I was, and who I was meant to be. I was gonna be Batman. :-D
But then after college, life took all my hopes and dreams and tore them up into itty bitty bits, then sat on my head and projectile farted a stinky poo into my face. And it’s all been downhill from there ever since.
Whatever aspirations I had died a very quick death, and I ended up coasting through life instead, right into a dead end job and a series of circumstances that left me wondering if my existence weren’t really just one of nature’s colossal mistakes.
After having survived 30+ years on this planet, all I have to show for it is that I have an awesome set of disco lights to keep my bedroom/office looking like Christmas Eve every night. But do I know who I am? Nope.
Am I a writer? A comedian? A regional collections manager for a company that makes boxes?
Was I the kind of guy who could find contentment living life on the road and traveling to exotic places, or would I be happier settling down with a house and a family?
Who am I?
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Work it out. Maybe by the time you reach #25, you’ll know.
Aren’t you one man taking on the world in an epic battle for truth and justice?
Or have I just been taken in by a clever header?
@Leanne: I still get stuck at #3 after expressing the obligatory love of pizza and 80s music.
@CallMeMom: Nay nay, that only describes what I DO, not who I am, so nyah.
You’re taking this much too literally – the rest of us wrote dumb stuff about our lives and our accomplishments, not WHO we are… that’s wayyyyyyyyyy to ‘deep’ – this was supposed to be FUN Linc… now I’m feeling guilty for tagging you ;)
You definitely ARE a comedian and a GREAT writer – and I think that’s a lot more than most people can say about themselves.
@Heather: You SHOULD feel guilty, and now the only way you can be absolved of your guilt is to send me cookies. Or have a few pizza pies delivered. I’m hungry!
So listening to 80′s music and eating pizza is who you are as opposed to what you do? Wait a minute, you said you loved them not that you listened/ate, although how could you love them without listening/eating? Hmmm.
I think I am confused-all part of your diabolical plot to get cookies and pizza pies from those who send you random tag games no doubt.
Have you no shame sir? Just put your hair color and job like everyone else.
You just wrote that so you’d have an excuse to use my smilies didn’t you. ;)
Yup!
Hi Lincoln… I stumbled upon your page when I googled Lou Engle. Of course, I read the one article about him that you’ve posted (along with all the comments), and I feel compelled to say that I am on staff at the house of prayer (IHOP) and am deeply saddened by the harsh words that have been spoken here – not only about Mike or Lou, but also the harsh words in response towards fellow believers. While we do have freedom of speech and you are technically at liberty to say as you please on your blog, I ask – have you no consideration of what the bible says about taming our tongues? I’m not going to even try to defend IHOP because that isn’t my place, and I’m sure you’re already very firm in what you believe about us, but I will say that in all my life of following the Lord, one of the main things I’ve learned is to not judge something/someone/somewhere until you know exactly what they/it is about. You do not know what we teach, or who we are (reading books or hearing teachings from here vs. sitting under the leadership of this house is a whole different ball game). I will also say, that in my time here, I have truly grown in intimacy with the Father and in my knowledge of the word. I love Jesus more because of this place. It is as simple as that. I don’t expect a response, and quite frankly, I will probably never navigate back to this page to see if there is one… I am simply wanting you to at least see and weigh the consequences of what you say/post. You have a large audience it seems, and all I’m asking is for you to be careful and a tad more considerate, although I do realize you owe me nothing. If you delete this, that’s fine – I have nothing to prove – Is not Jesus my Defender?
Well. Betsie’s post intrigued me so I felt compelled to check out the post she referenced. Aside from a little bit of name calling(an individual style thing, I’m assuming), you seem to have hit the nail on the head. Sound biblical doctrine is just that and anything which deviates from it is suspect.
You probably didn’t see the comments which I deleted since they were off tangent and deteriorated into namecalling. I really have no patience with people who get caught up in silly movements and fads that eventually wind up being complete failures because they were never of God to begin with.