Curiosity

This morning on the way to work I had a little VW rabbit (older model) go zooming by me in the next lane. It was very creatively painted with all kinds of outdoor scenes. The two young girls inside signaled they wanted to change into my lane ahead of me, and I left them room. The tailgate had a "biodiesel" bumper sticker... my first though was "that fits!" And then I noticed what was painted above it: "The cure for boredom is curiosity, there is no cure for curiosity". That sent my mind off on a tangent. Cure. Cur-iosity. Looking for the cure or solution. Never connected that before. That curisosity and healing are connected.

The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), which is the denomination I am a member of, has been talking about healing a fragmented world. Our next national General Assembly is using a scripture from Revelation....something along the lines of "and the leaves of the tree of life are for the healing of the nations". Maybe the way we cure our fragmented world (all of it, not just the nations) is by curiosity. Keeping our interest alive about the people in Darfur. Keep us curious about how the tsunami and hurricane victims are doing months later. Looking into the unrest in Haiti. Making sure our curiosity is the begining of a "cure" for our sicknesses: greed, desecration of our earth and injustices to it's inhabitants (human, plants and animals).

Curiosity, in my mind, goes right along with creativity as two of the "in the likeness of God" that we are blessed with. Matter of fact, I think curiosity is part and parcel with creativity. Although we do need to remember that God made this universe, and it was "good"....probably not in need of cure. The cure part comes in after we humans injure or destroy people and things of creation.

All of a sudden I was 8 blocks down Pearl Street and just about missed my turn to the office. I don't know if my thoughts will help heal the world, but I certainly wasn't bored!