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“I used to think I needed an office to be a lawyer, but now I know all I need is an island.”

A thought by Bob Goff, (2012-05-01) from his book, Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World (Kindle Locations 134-135). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition.

And that beginning thought by Bob caught my attention.  The island is Tom Sawyer Island at Disneyland.  I have had an Annual Pass to Disney World and I now have an Annual Pass to Disneyland and I have never been to Tom Sawyer Island.  And that speaks to too many of us and our trek through life.

Oh I’ve looked across and seen it many times but I didn’t think it looked very interesting or exciting so I stayed on my side of the water and never adventured to the other side to see what was there.  But Bob did and he says, “I do all of my best thinking on Tom Sawyer Island at Disneyland. There’s a picnic table at the end of a little pier right across from the pirate ship. I suppose most people think this place is just a prop because there are a couple of wooden kegs marked “gunpowder” and some pirate paraphernalia hung over the railings. But it’s not just a prop to me; it’s my office.”

So many of us step into the norm of life and never escape.  If I’m a lawyer then I need to have an office.  Did you see the movie or read the book by Michael Connelly called, The Lincoln Lawyer?  Mike Haller’s office is his Lincoln car.  It fits who he is.  It fits him.

But what about us?  I mean there is no way that we can make a difference without an office or church building or wearing a tie or whatever it is that our world says we have to do.  But maybe that is the problem, we strive to do what other people do than what God created us to be and to do.

So I’ve been in a rut for a few days.  I am tired of doing what I have been doing and I need to break out so I am going to go to the Fillmore Station here in Pasadena and get on a train and go to Long Beach with my computer and Kindle Fire for a day of thinking, reading and writing.

By the way, Margaret and I are going to Tom Sawyer Island the next time we are at Disneyland.  I wonder if I will see Bob.

So what do you need to do to break out of your rut?  

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