Just Fine

I wrote this awhile back. It does not reflect my current situation. This whole year has been great, but I am curious what others think:

There are times when the day has been fine and nothing is wrong but it just doesn’t feel right. The feeling might last a moment or a whole season. People around you pick up on it, they can tell something is "off" and ask what’s the matter. Truth is nothing. Absolutely nothing is wrong. The answer is fine yet to give it sounds like a lie or your hiding something. But the reality is this feeling is nameless. What is that?

Comments

matthew said…
I think a lot of it has to do with being in that in-between time of life where you're not sure what your life will look like in the future.
February 20, 2007 at 12:16 PM
Combs said…
Personally fine is one of those dirty words that I use to avoid being honest with people I don't really feel close too, or worse to avoid conversations I just don't to have with people I am close to. But that's not what your talking about. It can be different things, which is why it's hard to put a finger on it. Maybe it's not that somthing is wrong, but that somthing is missing. Your fine with out it, but you know somewhere deep inside that it's still important, even if you don't know what it is. Sometimes I wonder if it doesn't have to do with being comfortable with where we are and what we're doing, that semi-step right before complacency. I think it's one of the hardest places for people like us..or maybe its just me. it's normally just about that time that I start looking for the next step in the journey, the place I'm going, the ministry opportunity, even just the next song.
Sorry, it's been a philosophical couple of days. I'll stop hijacking your blog, and go back to mine.
A.T.H.
February 20, 2007 at 1:10 PM
Elizabeth said…
Matthew, I think there is some validity to your thought. For me there are times that I feel I am standing right on the edge of something big, only it’s foggy and I can't see what's next. Only from my memory that wasn't the case the day I started writing.

Aaron, I like comments so hijack away. And maybe you’re right that the "something" is situational and personal.
February 20, 2007 at 3:23 PM
Tina Joy said…
Liz, I read your comment on Matthew's blog. I miss watching TV with you too!!! Those Alias nights were the best! I will be in NB for grad so if you want to stop over, that would be sweet!
February 20, 2007 at 6:23 PM
Jeff said…
I get that sometimes. Just an overall feel of dread, or that something is wrong, even though everything is fine.
I think its because we're so used to living with something being wrong or afraid of some upcoming event that when everything IS fine, our brains can't comprehend it. They just keep making a feeling of ill-will in us because they're so used to it.
February 21, 2007 at 6:36 AM
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