yet another gem.............................On the subject of wanting to feel useful & find his purpose in life I shall share this one which to this day cracks me up whenever I think about it. Peter could sometimes be deadly serious, where his voice would get really low & he would enunciate every word carefully & he would use his hands to emphasize his speaking & he would be thoroughly engrossed in whatever he had to share. One such occasion was this. He would often play me some of his favorite songs while explaining to me why they meant something to him or what he liked about them and he would usually do the whole play, pause, stop, rewind thing while elaborating upon why they were significant to him. However, one morning after we had of course been awake all through the night yet again he told me he needed to share something with me that would have changed the course of his destiny, he was intently sincere & he sat me down, looked solemnly into my eyes and said, I want to share this song with you as all my life all I have ever wanted was to know my purpose. That is all. I just wanted God to tell me what it was I was supposed to do with my life. When I heard this song, I KNEW! So I want to share it with you now. Are you ready? I was, I was exceedingly curious about what song it could possibly be & how it had such an impact upon him so I braced myself for something utterly profound! He took a deep breath, paused, sighed & then hit play! As the music began I had to fight not to giggle outrageously! I was looking at him & he had the most genuinely sincere expression so I fought with all my might to maintain a straight face & keep listening. But he was totally absorbed in the song & he almost had tears in his eyes for the way it obviously affected him. he played the entire song all the way through & i could say nothing as I knew if i did I was going to inevitably laugh & i did not want him to think i was impugning the magnificent impression this song had clearly had on him. When it finished he looked at me as if to inquire with his gaze, See, did I tell you or what? Then he waited a few more somber, serious moments & sighed again & said, As soon as I heard that the first time i knew that was my destiny! I was sure of it! I was so sure of it as a matter of fact that I immediately went down to the recruiting office & told them all about it & told them I knew this was what my purpose in life was meant to be!And do you know what happened next? I simply shook my head indicating that no i did not but he was not waiting for a reply. Instead, he stood up, paced back & forth in front of the bed getting himself very agitated 7 worked up & angry & then he threw his hands up in the air & said, That man ruined my life! he destroyed my purpose! that a**hole looked me right in the eye & said (imagine Peter using a mock southern accent if you will) Son, do you really think that youre gonna fit into one of our birds? there aint no way I think youre in the wrong place! Then peter let out a shriek of fury & screamed at the ceiling, That f*#king a**hole thwarted my destiny! he was positive about that but listen to this song & see if you dont find it as amusing as I did even if poor Peter felt like his life had been forever unfortunately altered! https://youtube/watch?v=dUnH3UM1GKU BEE GEES - Ive Decided To Join The Air Force youtube
Posted on: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 04:42:09 +0000
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