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big_damn_questsTitle: Faces
Author: lvs2read
Character: Shepherd Book
Rating: G
Challenge: #3: What do you see every time you close your eyes?
Word Count: 384
Disclaimer: Don't own it, never did, never will--just having fun playing.
Author's Notes: Feedback is my drug of choice. Feed my habit?
Sometimes it's an old man, older than I, if you can imagine. He is the abbot of Southdown Abbey, and had been my mentor for many years. When I chose to walk in the world again, he advised me to walk with care.
Other times it's a beautiful woman, a Companion. In some circles she might be considered a sinner in need of saving, but she is one of the most spiritual women I've ever known. She gave me courage when I thought I was on the wrong path, causing me to leave my preconceived misconceptions behind me.
Now and then it's a man of fierce determination. A man who lost his faith in God, but not his faith, although he won't admit to that. A man who thinks the only clear path is the one you follow when you're lost in the woods. He and I have had many discussions of a philosophical nature, and I hope in time he will realize that to find your path in life you have to believe--in something.
Often it's another man with whom I have had many deep and meaningful conversations. A mercenary by trade, many consider him unintelligent and simple, but he is capable of a deep and abiding love for family. While slow to express his thoughts, he is one of the most curious people I've ever met, always wanting to learn and understand the 'verse in which he travels.
Many times it's a traumatized young girl and her brother, a brilliant young doctor. They have had thrust upon them a life for which they had no preparation, and the devotion they have for each other is powerful enough to see them through it. When I think of the roads they have journeyed, I have nightmares.
Occasionally it's the people I knew in my youth, before I chose the path of a Shepherd. I try not to think of the route I was on then, choosing instead to leave it in God's hands, hoping that one day I shall atone for the sins I committed while following it.
Always it's faces. Faces of people I've met on the voyage that is my life. I pray to God every night that I will see many more faces before crossing over to, hopefully, glimpse His.
Author: lvs2read
Character: Shepherd Book
Rating: G
Challenge: #3: What do you see every time you close your eyes?
Word Count: 384
Disclaimer: Don't own it, never did, never will--just having fun playing.
Author's Notes: Feedback is my drug of choice. Feed my habit?
Sometimes it's an old man, older than I, if you can imagine. He is the abbot of Southdown Abbey, and had been my mentor for many years. When I chose to walk in the world again, he advised me to walk with care.
Other times it's a beautiful woman, a Companion. In some circles she might be considered a sinner in need of saving, but she is one of the most spiritual women I've ever known. She gave me courage when I thought I was on the wrong path, causing me to leave my preconceived misconceptions behind me.
Now and then it's a man of fierce determination. A man who lost his faith in God, but not his faith, although he won't admit to that. A man who thinks the only clear path is the one you follow when you're lost in the woods. He and I have had many discussions of a philosophical nature, and I hope in time he will realize that to find your path in life you have to believe--in something.
Often it's another man with whom I have had many deep and meaningful conversations. A mercenary by trade, many consider him unintelligent and simple, but he is capable of a deep and abiding love for family. While slow to express his thoughts, he is one of the most curious people I've ever met, always wanting to learn and understand the 'verse in which he travels.
Many times it's a traumatized young girl and her brother, a brilliant young doctor. They have had thrust upon them a life for which they had no preparation, and the devotion they have for each other is powerful enough to see them through it. When I think of the roads they have journeyed, I have nightmares.
Occasionally it's the people I knew in my youth, before I chose the path of a Shepherd. I try not to think of the route I was on then, choosing instead to leave it in God's hands, hoping that one day I shall atone for the sins I committed while following it.
Always it's faces. Faces of people I've met on the voyage that is my life. I pray to God every night that I will see many more faces before crossing over to, hopefully, glimpse His.
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