Good. I probably need it.
More serious. "That's another reason I don't just say 'oh, I'm a Christian', because so many people do a bunch of [crap] and say it's ok because they're 'Christians.' I'm not like that, I know I sin. But I'm not going to just jump onto the Christian bandwagon. I don't know what I believe. Like I know there's a God, I guess, but I don't know if I'm into it like that."
You're always going to have hypocrites. It doesn't matter if you're Christian or Buddhist or whatever. Just keep that in mind.
Flashback to the beginning of class. Student 1 already at desk, student 2 slides into the seat next to her, almost late.
Grins. "Sup yo!"
Ha. Hey Sly.
"Man, I'm ready to talk about some Jesus today!" Laughs like it's the best joke ever.
Raises eyebrow. Really.
Teacher asks students to open workbooks and begin activity ten.
So what did you do this weekend?
Sings "Because I'm not the old me, the old me is gone...!"
What?
"Dude, that's like my favorite song. I decided this weekend that I'm a different person." Falls into long tale about skipping school with girlfriend, getting caught, etc.
And this makes you a different person how?
Sincere. "Because we skipped and I felt really bad about it; like I hate lying. I don't know, it just felt wrong, so I apologized to her mom and all."
That's good.
"Yeah. And I decided that me and [girlfriend] aren't going to have sex anymore."
Surprised and caught off-guard. Really? How did this happen?
Explains almost eagerly. "Well like, she was telling me about how her sister cried on her honeymoon when she got married because her and her husband had done it so much before they were married, it was like it wasn't even special or whatever, and I don't want it to be like that for us if we, you know, end up together...."
Ah. What does she think of this?
"I haven't talked to her about it yet." Laughs.
To audience Why is he laughing? To companion And so is this what makes you a different person?
Incredulous "Uh, yeah?" Starts singing again "It's a brand new me, I'm not who I was...!"
She takes out a sheet of paper and draws a tree. It's a bad drawing (she can't draw) and depicts a thick tree, the ground, and underneath, a few fat roots, on which she writes "Sex", "Lying", "Cheating", and such.
Shows it to companion. Ok, I'm going to make an analogy of what you just told me.
"Oh great. Are you going to pull out the Bible?"
Laughs No, it's still sitting under my lunch box. But look, here's the tree, right? Writes "Sly" on the trunk of the tree.
"That's me?"
Yeah. And here are all of your 'roots' that you stand on; everything that you held on to in what you say was your 'old life.' Points to the root labeled "Sex." Get it?
Sighs and looks wary. "Yeah."
Ok, so I'm going to erase this root. Erases root. Now, you say you've gotten rid of sex. But what about all of the other stuff? Has erasing that one root made you a new tree?... No. You're still the same tree, you just plucked off a symptom of the real problem.
Stares at picture for several seconds. "You just ruined my favorite song."
The discussion resumes after some silence, and lunch passes. Finally, it's the end of class.
"...I don't know if I'm into it like that."
You're always going to have hypocrites. It doesn't matter if you're Christian or Buddhist or whatever. Just keep that in mind.
"I can't see it. I can't feel it. I need proof. If He touched me, I might believe more."
Taps him on shoulder. There. He just touched you.
He gives her a weird look.
Grins He lives in me. I just touched you, so....
The bell rings.
"Cut!"
3 comments:
keep going! keep going!
can't wait for scene three! there is going to be a scene 3 right! you have a gift, my friend.
ps the code is shidgra:)
OH this was the day I missed
good tree analogy, NICE!
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