Soup for The Soul

I went in search of a noodle shop today and ended up at a new one where you select the ingredients, and they cook them up for you into a tasty bowl of soup. But oddly, before the bowl arrived, the little cartoon caricature of a man which forms a sort of interface with "The Lucifer" appeared in my mind's eye and was wincing and doubling over (it looks a bit like the eric carman figure from South Park) ... this time the images were pretty distinct. It seems to be implying I was going to get sick...

 

"The Lucifer" likes to play with me sometimes so I responded with "mentally voiced words" - "You're just messing with me right"?! A few minutes later and the soup appeared, and it was quite tasty for the most part and I slurped down a good portion of it as I downed the solid parts with the cheap wooden chopsticks they provided - you know those one inside a small paper sleeve with beautiful Chinese calligraphy on top...

 

But suddenly my soupy, heavenly, bliss was rudely interrupted when I pulled out a bit of a hair and something else quite unexpectedly. Mentally alarms went off, klaxons sounded, and I began seeing flashes of red, but to my great surprise I was able to remain calm and just placed the hair and the other thing onto a small napkin. After all, this sort of thing has happened to me before from time to time and though it's always a bit disturbing to me, it's not something that can realistically be avoided at even the upscale places.

 

So, I quietly called the couple running the place over and they apologized profusely and offered me another bowl. But I told them I was fine with what I have and just asked that they would be a bit more careful in the future. They gave me a small discount and for the most part the soup was pretty good, but my stomach was a bit unsettled because psychologically, my subconscious was still nauseated.

 

I got my fortune cookie, and the man was a bit disappointed because I didn't tip - I'm thinking he's a very shrewd businessman - and the fortune itself was oddly appropriate, so I took a picture of that shred of paper and left it on the table. I made it out the door with two plastic containers to hold the leftovers and was debating about whether or not to just chuck them after I had gotten out of sight of the place. I decided to load them into my car and drive home.

 

But as I was driving another image arrived in my mind's eye - this time the 3D image of a body of a person with arms outstretched but it was if the body was containing a swirling mass of both bright white light and clouds of darkness. Then I heard the words "You know, if you can get past a little bit of badness, you can enjoy a great deal of wholesome good soup!!"

 

So, I mused about what this might mean and a little while later thought about the 3D image of body on the cross and imagined only white light coming from it... then things became crystal clear.

 

Come to think of it, in the Catholic Easter Vigil, "Lucifer" is actually used as a reference to our Lord Jesus Christ... no joke! :) I don't really understand what's going on myself, but I appreciate any and all things that point me to the Lord!

 

I think it's true what they say... "sometimes a little bit of soup can be good for the soul"!!

 

Gonna enjoy the rest over the course of the next 3 days. ;)

Done