"Raison d'etre"
Huh.
I hadn't thought of French for years, except for the fries.
I'm the guy who took three years of 1st year French.
No lie.
One year in High School and two, count 'em, two years in College.
I am a living monument to monolinguistics.
If that's even a word.
I met my college French prof some 20 years after the fact.
I introduced myself and told him thanks for all the extra work he put in with me even though it didn't take - twice.
He thoughtfully squinted at me for a bit and then muttered.
"I think I remember you."
Nice to be remembered.
I think.
Anyway, back to this morning.
"Raison d'etre"
"Reason to be"
That's where today touches the rest of my life.
Where life touches the rest of yours.
What is the Reason?
Why me?
Why you?
Why now?
Like Curly said in "City Slickers"
"Ya gotta find that one thing."
I think that one thing is a Person.
And HE makes everything fall into place.
Makes it all make sense.
And HE said HE was the Only Way.
Well, Curly, that sounds like that One Thing thing to me.
It took me awhile to realize it.
And sometimes I forget it.
And then I remember again.
Hopefully, you won't have to fail the course three times before learning how it works.
How life can work at an incredible level.
HIS level.
My raison d'etre is found in HIM
along with that special thing HE created me to do.
And HE has something incredibly special for you to -
your very own raison d'etre.
And may HE pop up first in your mind when the gal asks you -
"Would you like French fries with that?"