Liminality:

Liminality: (from the Latin word līmen, meaning "a threshold") is a psychological, neurological, or metaphysical subjective state, conscious or unconscious, of being on the "threshold" of or between two different existential planes,

Friday, February 10, 2012

Lonely socks and mismatched people

 If the name of the blog is confusing-- a little explanation: Liminality is a scientific term for a space in between two places or a threshold. I just like the word itself and feel like we all sometimes feel like we are in some unnamed space in between,, waiting for the next stage in our lives and not always embracing the present. :)

And onto the first legitimate blog entry of Senator Annie "Danger O'Malley" Connolly... 

Don't you hate when you haven't done laundry in awhile and you run out of socks? Grumbling, you rummage through and cast aside the stretched out, elastic-less, unmatched workout socks and the random Spongebob Christmas toe-sock,, dimly hoping you'll stumble upon a freshly washed, perfectly matched pair of socks to wear on a rainy day... Alas, your mood ever darkening, you always end up with the nasty unmatched ankle socks where one of them comes up slightly higher on one foot than the other foot and it bothers you in the back of your mind all day...  

No, my first ever blog entry is not solely about socks (eh heh. sole-ly...get it? You see what I did there?) It's just you can learn something from your sock drawer... 

There are so many lonely and worn out people in our world y'all. Yet we overlook them. You know the people I'm talking about. They are awkward and overlooked. And when do we reach out to these kinds of people? When do we initiate conversation? I know I don't sometimes unless I'm FORCED into that person's presence and have no way out. They are my last pick. They are the mismatched socks in my sock drawer. The ones with the awkward kitty pom poms that dig into your ankles. (ok, i don't have socks like that but now I wish I did)  

I'm not advocating wearing horrendous socks in a fashion statement to reach out to awkward people...I AM advocating making yourself radically available to listen to people sometimes. Even the people you just don't like. Don't leave them for last. Don't listen 'because it's the Christian thing to do'. Listen because you are genuinely interested in the well-being of a fellow brother or sister in Christ. 

Toe-tally yours, (i went there)  
Annie 

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6 comments:

  1. Rachel FusselmanFebruary 10, 2012 at 2:35 PM

    ah. So THIS is why you commented on my facebook today. Cause I'm a lonely sock. I better be a cute spongebob one.

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  2. AnnieFebruary 10, 2012 at 2:39 PM

    hahahah NOOO. But if you would be one you'd be pink and have lots of roses and fluffy pom poms..

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  3. Rachel FusselmanFebruary 10, 2012 at 2:52 PM

    hahaha! I think I would. I hope I'd smell like roses too, but probably not ;-) Annie, I meees you! ("you got me... you got me... you got me..." are you sure I'm not a lonely sock?)

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  4. UnknownFebruary 10, 2012 at 3:07 PM

    YES, a blog from Annie. Start a counter of how many people visit your site! It's cool to see how many people visit your site!! Can't wait to read the future posts!! :)

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  5. DaytonaFebruary 10, 2012 at 4:31 PM

    you sock. (is it rock or suck? you may never know...but you probably already do)

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2012 at 8:42 PM

    but with lonely, mismatched people you can eventually learn to love them but socks are just horrendously annoying and give you lots of determination to either do laundry or buy more socks....
    I think your post is lovely though and I'm subscribing today :D

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