What got me on this thought process was when Meg, one of the greatest friends ever, posted a Dawson's Creek buzzfeed on my Facebook, which then led me down the rabbit trail of other Dawson's trivia nonsense, a great distraction for a less-than-great Monday morning. This happens to me all the time, I click on a popular video on YouTube and hours later I remember that I was supposed to be doing something, like sleep. Wikipedia is the worst, just ask Meg and her Wiki serial killer phase, you may know the name Charles Manson but do you real know the horrific things he was responsible for? To tease you curiosity, Manson's crew is the reason Roman Polanski went nuts, is now wanted by the U.S. justice system and directed one of the most horrific scenes in Shakespearean film history - Macbeth, 1971, yikes. (Look it up, fascinating stuff)My recent foray into this pop culture rabbit trail got me thinking about the distractions life brings everyday, rabbit trails we take to avoid or detain from reality. We all do it. A relationship that's not right but fun. An ill-advised trip. A job that you take to just pay the bills but becomes a career.
Sometimes rabbit trails aren't a waste of time and energy, sometimes they are lessons to learn, a sideways journey that will lead to a better understanding of His true plan.
