As a kid, seeking answers was not as easy as it is today. Remember the card key access in the library? Those little boxes filled with cards....one for each book in the library that had the punch hole running through the bottom of it so you couldn't pull the card out of the file box. The encyclopedia's that were never allowed to leave the library, all dusty and musty smelling. You'd have to sit at a table for hours copying the information you needed unless you had a supply of nickels to make copies of the pages. Do kids even know what a card key is or an encyclopedia, for that matter? YOU had to search for answers and the things you learned while seeking those answers made the search that much more interesting.
I loved library time regardless of the task. I still do although it's been a long time since I've been to my local library. My kids checked out a book that is now about 6 years, maybe more, and every time I put it on the counter to attempt to return it, it disappeared. I'm sure this has happened to many other people....I'm just really embarrassed to go back in there. Someday, I'll just suck it up and deal with it.
Anyway, finding answers today is way to easy. You simply google it. If you don't get the answer you want you can use social media to get a lot of different opinions. However, I can't google my questions because google isn't going to give me an answer regarding an "affair of the heart" and social media is the last place I want to ask the questions I have keeping me up at night.
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What I want is somebody to listen to what I'm saying, really listen. I don't want to know what is morally, ethically, politically, or even biblically correct, I just want to be heard. I don't want any suggestions, I want a definitive answer. I want the answer to propel me forward in the direction I need to go, the direction that is right for me. I want a game plan I can follow, directions I can read, and I want to see happiness at the end of the tunnel like a beacon pulling me toward it. Google, card key, and the encyclopedia haven't an answer for my broken heart. I'm not even seeking a white knight on a fiery steed to whisk me away (although if this is a nightmare, somebody kiss me, shake me, or pour water on me to awaken me please). I'm just tossing it out there towards the other side of crazy hoping there is someone out there crazy enough to offer me an answer to any of the questions I have.
