Small Group Bacteria.

Hi, my name is..Hi my name is..Hi my name is Slim Shad rack Me shack and Abenego. All my life I have wondered at the time when I would meet the woman of my dreams..get married, settle down and raise a family...Eh. If you really believe that then you might say I'm mad. Really growing up I had only one desire, when would I meet Alisa Milano, shack up with her, shack up with her again and so on and so on in finnity. Really my dreams weren't that big, if you call one of my best friends at the time he would tell you I was a little different. In high school my friends used to call me..well I'm not in high school anymore and I don't really dream anymore.

I know it's sad, but there are a cornucopia of desires that my big little heart is just waiting to explode and realize. I want to talk about desires. Desires are not fantasies, but they could be, they are not ambition, but it could be, just what is a desire:

                     1. A Craving
                     2. A Yearning that has never been fulfilled
                     3. A Style of being the person you've always wanted to be
                     4. Seeing a Wish fulfilled
                     5. Seeing an enemy defeated
                     6. Desire.
I think we all have dreams, hey congratulations on having some of your dreams fulfilled, but what is deep down in your heart? Can I go there. If you were the only person on a desert island, how would you spend your time? Would you wear you shorts over your pants, or would you run around naked. I think you are starting to see the difference between desires and dreams. Hey, most dreams go unfulfilled, but desires on the other hand, well they can be almost reachable.

Have you ever dreamed of eating a big mac on the roof of your car with some kind of music blaring from your radio, with nothing but a spedo or bikini (is that how you spell it?) on. Listening to Johnny Gill, or Lenny Kravitz. That's a desire. Yes there comes a time for restraint and that is good. But how about having breakfast in church, not when it's over. How about sipping tea, in the middle of a book store? Oh ya we already have them they're call Starbucks.

One last thing, how about taking an entire wedding party to a movie theatre getting married there and then have the reception sipping pop and eating chocolate and popcorn? Just a thought.

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