birdie

played badminton with pepe just now... there is a lot to be said for experts who play softball with amateurs, instead of hardball. there is a time for tough love, and a time for gentleness. i hope someday i figure out the moments for each.

In the meantime,

The preacher nodded his head slowly. "Every kid got a turtle some time or other. Nobody can't keep a turtle though. They work at it and work at it, and at last day they get out and away they go--off somewheres. It's like me. I wouldn' take the good ol' gospel that was just layin' there to my hand. I got to be pickin' at it an' workin' at it until I got it all tore down. Here I got the sperit sometimes an' nothin' to preach about. I got the call to lead the people, an' no place to lead 'em.