table of knowledge...

last night, i meandered downtown to my favorite pub to just sit and talk with the locals...my sister used to tell me about this certain place in the pub called the "table of knowledge"...to sit at this table you had to be invited...made up of mostly men, a few women, lots of smokers, and meeting primarily at happy hour- they possess traits of humor weaved with truth...

so, i spent about two hours visiting with the "founder" of the ToK...i think it was quite possibly one of the most striking conversations i have ever had at the pub...this man was entirely unassuming...we covered all the no-no's of the bar talk...first the prison system- then politics- which i was amazed at his convictions- then religion....specifically proving God exists...which, we know is impossible...except when this man said: "when we quit killing one another- and start taking care of the land we possess- this will be the kingdom of god...." by trade he is a plumber...in the greater picture, he may be a prophet...

i pray for peace daily...i would have done anything for a tape recording of our conversation...go talk to someone today...meander somewhere and engage in the humanity around you...found your own "table of knowledge"...talk about life, the world, and who you are in it...tread into the no-no's for the sake of learning about another human being...abundant riches lie within this...i found a treasure myself last night...