Uffizi Mission Project

I heard on the radio today that potentially 80% of Americans are on some kind of medication, and that 15% of the 80% are on meds related to depression.  Free love may be the answer…

I can remember during my junior year in high school I got kicked out of class (again)… I was not alone – two girls I recognized were on the other side of the bench.  I recognized them from a local coffee shop I used to hang out at – The Upstart Crow in San Jose.  They were outcasts – mods.  One of them came over to me and said, “You looked depressed.”  She kissed me on the cheek and they both walked on.  In a sense, this was a holy kiss from one outcast to another.

This did not help my GPA but it did help my depression.  Free love.

I just found out today that four friends have died on the streets in the past two weeks.  That is depressing.  We are still trying to figure out why and how some of them passed away.

I don’t know if they left this planet knowing that someone loved them.  If you are reading this, you probably have someone, at least one person who loves you.  If you do, I am encouraging you to be a part of someone else’s antidote to loneliness and depression.

Less people would need medication if there were more free love.  The wealthy who sit in depression may get well if they give it away, see time and riches bring equity.  A day at Pershing Park keeps the Doctor Away.  And those who have little and just may need a friend who brings hope, may find it in them.  But it all has to be free, no charge or expectations.  The 21st century pay it forward.

You fight consumerism with free love, and I am battling our number 1 illness.  I don’t think all the things we have are helping us feel better long term.  I do believe that Jesus following is good for our health.  And Jesus will ask us all to be involved with our friends who are in dire situations.  He will ask us all in some way to find Him in those less fortunate.

I may worship less now with singing, but I worship the Jesus I am meeting in friends on the streets.  I meet Him all the time in the poor, and He reorients my life.

Today I will walk down State Street with a friend and give free love by visiting our friends on the streets.  Perhaps the mods passed something on to me that day that I did not realize – just that I was seen.  I was not invisible.

I missed the 60’s just barely – this is my shot at revolution.  I ask you to give free love.

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