What's on my mind right now? Well, I'm thinking about how decades ago I made a friend in High school who was like the sister I wanted my biological siblings to be. We'd remained close for years afterward even when we'd graduated from High school. There was just one problem though, she's Jehovah Witness and I'd made it clear to her when she started becoming more and more radical about her faith that I was not interested in joining a group that I consider a cult. After I attended one of their Wednesday meetings, under the promise that we'd hang out like we did in High School, I guess our friendship fizzled because I had politely told someone that I was fine without one of their books to look at. I was basically going to another church at that time that my mother still continues to go to today and I was just there to be with my friend. Well, after that things became quite frigid with her and she didn't want to do things with me anymore, no doubt because of the pressure from the cult that I was a bad influence. Well, we got into a heated argument one day, how it was hurting me not to be able to do things because her religion told her she couldn't and that was basically the end of our friendship. When I'd gone to church that Sunday they had a group who were singers that used their talents to minister the word of God to all the churches they were invited to sing at. I was an emotional wreck crying and not able to control my tears and God love them, those people, total strangers though they were, comforted me after they were done when my mom told them about the falling out I had with a girl I basically considered a sister. Well, I still see her because she still lives in the same city I do. And she is still a Jehovah's Witness. She works at the local Wal Mart as a cashier and I'll chat with her if she's on shift but it's nothing like the way it used to be when we were good friends.
I don't know why I felt like sharing this and I don't know why it popped into my head right now, but I suppose there must be some purpose for it.