This is something of a Bookslinger tribute...
I came home at the close of a long YSA fireside about going on a mission (check) and getting married (not-check). I met a man of Asian decent at my apartment, it turns out he lives there/here and has being doing so for the last few months. My flatmates come and go with such frequent regularity that I often lose track. By chance, or possibly uncommon foresight on my part, I happened to have a Chinese Book of Mormon in my room for just such an occasion as this. I casually approached the gentlemen, his name is Ricky, and offered him the book. He said "Thank you."
4 comments:
Cool, isn't it?
Did you get that "Twilight Zone" (DOO-doo-DOO-doo) feeling?
It was definately cool, I'm not sure what the twilight zone feeling is. Is it a good thing or a bad thing? I mean is it tension that you feel before or the hair on the back of your neck standing on end after. I'll have to give out another one so I can try and identify it for sure.
It's a feeling that something bigger is going on than just "giving a book to someone", or a feeling that it's a momentous occasion, or that there are unseen forces at work that set up the occasion. It's also a feeling of being connected to other-worldly (spiritual) things.
"Twilight Zone" was a Television series of the 1960's, based on abstract ideas of science fiction and fantasy, often with an unexpected twist.
Here's the opening them to the series on Youtube.
cool, thanks for that explanation. The twilight zone theme probably wasn't exactly the track playing in the back of my brain as I gave the book to him (insert smiley face here), but I think I know what you mean now, yeah I'm buying what you're selling. There was something else definitely at work, because left to my own designs I wouldn't have done anything at all. I'm going to track down the missionaries and round up a few more copies.
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