I don’t recommend you do this (I do really, but maybe not when you are waiting in line to pay for your groceries).
I used to work for a newspaper. Not as a writer or undercover reporter or anything glamorous like that. I just laid out the pages and designed ads for local businesses.
The press office was over the road from a supermarket, so lunch usually comprised of wandering across the street and a cheap sandwich. Amazing how routines play out day after day.
My other routine is to chat with God as I go about my business. So much so, I sometimes do it without thinking.
Thing is, I forget that many (most) other people don’t share that routine.
On this particular day I arrived back in the office, and Kate, one of my colleagues, said (in a friendly way, I think), “I used to think you were crazy, but now I know that you are.”
Feigning hurt, I asked her why.
“I saw you stood in line at Asda (the name of the supermarket chain) talking to yourself.”
Supposedly, the saying goes that talking to yourself is the first sign of insanity. At least that’s what the devil would like you to believe. It really depends what you are saying, I guess.
I corrected Kate of course, and told her that on this occasion I was not talking to myself, I was talking to God. I also informed her that talking to God is actually the first sign of…
Sanity.
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