Another Perfect Stranger Page #5

happy face for (the sake of) other people.

I still say, you are wrong.

Lots of people get fulfillment out of

their job, or relationships or causes.

Is that really what you think?

Just look at the society!

Look at the things people try to

fill their lives with!

Things like:
alcohol, sex, food, work, gambling...

The list goes on and on and on...

and all points to the same conclusion:

That nothing on this planet can totally

fulfill the human soul.

Not everybody is addicted to something.

Of course, not! But even the positive

things don't totally fulfill the heart.

Which ones do you talking about?

Name it:
things like parenting, and happy marriages,

philanthropy (charity), public service...

When lot of these people

get to the end of their lives,

they still say, they are not totally fulfilled.

How do you know that?

Oh, for starters: They tell me.

They may not say anything to other people,

but when no one else is listening, they tell me.

Why is that?

Just because you are a counselor?

I guess it has something to do with it.

What exactly do they say?

They say that, the good experiences

they've had were not enough.

They lived a good life, but deep down

there is still this emptiness in their heart.

How do you explain that?

Oh, it is really simple:

How in the world is your heart gonna be

fulfilled by something or someone

which is just as finite and

imperfect like you are?

I've never thought that way.

For people wanna connection

with God - like your parents - maybe

will make some difference is the fact, if they

realize, there has to be something more and bigger,

that goes beyond the realm of

the logical and physical world.

And I know that you are looking

for something more, too.

You just don't know it, yet.

I just want things to be normal and happy.

There is just only one problem with that:

They probably won't be.

Thanks!

That's just what I needed to hear.

Life is like this, kiddo.

Even if a few things are bright up for a day,

tomorrow still will come with

its own set of stress and disappointment.

Or worse...

even loosing a friend, or a family member,

or even your own health.

Sure, I know these things could happen,

but you can't go around basing your life on the

possibility that these things might come true.

Possibility?!

The fact is, most of these things

will come true for everybody.

But the other truth is,

that there is one thing, that no one

can ever take away from you,

and once you find your fulfillment there,

you won't ever loose it.

Come on! We'd better get going.

What is your hurry?!

Our flight is boarding.

Our flight?!

Yeah. Still going to Portland, aren't you?

Are sure? I thought we had another 20 minutes.

It's boarding now.

But how do you know?

Trust me!

Do you need help with your bag?

Wait, wait.

You are going to Portland, too?

Yeah. Do you need help with your bag?

No, I got it.

So I haven't figured out,

how you knew, the plane was boarding.

Thanks.

Again, you gave me a lot of

things to think about.

And again, it was my pleasure.

Oh, come on!

What?

Well, don't you think, it is a little strange

sitting right next to each other two flights in a row?

Not really.

You know, we have discussed my family,

my personal life and the meaning of the Universe...

Yeah?

and we haven't even met yet.

No, we haven't!

I'm Sarah.

Hi Sarah! You can call me Yesh.

Yesh?

Aha. It's hebrew.

What is, one of your parents is Jewish or something?

Aha...

Well, hi Yesh, nice to meet you.

Same here...

Do you live in Portland?

Nope. Going for business.

What kind of business?

My Father and I ran a

"management operation".

What do you manage?

Pretty much. Everything.

Not big on specific... Sorry.

Sorry...

I thought, you said, you are counselor!

I am.

Do you do that on the side?

No it's part of the same operation...

Drawing again?

Writing.

What are you writing?

Some of my favorite words.

Like what?

Mostly poetry...

Poetry? You write poetry?

Actually somebody else wrote it...

Can I see it?

Sure...

Have you ever read free verse?

A little.

"I have loved you with a love that never ends.

Though the mountains must be shaken,

and the hills be removed,

yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken.

How could I give up on you?

My heart is turned over within me"

It's pretty good stuff. Who wrote it?

My Father.

You are kidding! Who did he write it for?

For a relationship He had,

what He desperately wanted back.

Wow!

He must have been head over heels in love!

It's an understatement...

As a matter of fact, it's the exact same

way, God wants to love you.

So tell me, why I don't feel loved by Him?

Because you can't really

hear His voice right now.

Nobody can it first.

Yeah? And why is that?

Because people turned their back on God.

They had been deaf to His voice ever since.

No, no, no!

That's just a little too convenient:

you say, we are all deaf to God.

I say, that's proof: He doesn't exist.

Oh, but they are not entirely deaf!

They can hear His voice, but...

just not as clearly as

if they were connected with Him.

For example?

For example...

The first time you mom and dad

laid eyes on you,

and they couldn't believe that they could

love anything so much - That was God speaking.

When you stand at edge of the Lake Michigan,

and you feel so small next to

something so big,

and you just know, there has to be something

greater than yourself in the world:

That God's speaking again.

And when you snap at your mom,

and later on you feel guilty:

That's God again

speaking through your conscience.

It is?

Yeah... Because deep down you know,

you weren't meant to live that way.

Even if that is true,

I can't help how I feel sometimes.

I know.

I am just telling what it is like,

when God speaks to your heart.

Giving you small glimpses

what it is like to hear Him clearly.

But how can that be?

Seems like a conversation with God

would be class-A boring.

Boring?

Believe me, Sarah, God is anything but boring.

He is the one who you get

the greatest joy and pleasure from.

Pleasure from God? Give me a break!

I mean, I can understand when people

want to believe in God, but...

Have you ever heard the hypothetical question:

"If you could hang out

anybody from history, who would it be?"

Yeah.

What if, if you could sit down with one

who actually carved out the Grand Canyon?

The One who raised up the Rocky-Mountains...

The One, who wrote the code for DNA,

and designed language...

The One, who made the stars,

and every new born implant.

and the One who loves you with no limitations?

That all sounds great, but God just doesn't

drop in on people, does He?

Maybe.

But what I am saying is that

God is infinitely more amazing than

anything or anyone He has ever created.

But if someone did want to touch God,

(I mean, if there is a God)

then how would they even

know how to start?

They don't have to.

He has already started the process.

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