Why I like coffee
I'm reading "Blue Like Jazz" by Donald Miller. Great book. At least I think so... He writes about things that most people don't put to words. Things that most people just feel. Its good to have those things put to words, explained, and largely brought to closure. He is good at doing that. He is open enough to let you feel what he was going through. Descriptive enough to allow yourself to realize what similar things you’ve gone through... and to ponder it. Don used to be terribly lonely. He later started living in community, before this... he mentioned coffee shops. If he felt lonely, there were always coffee shops.
What is it about coffee shops? I never went to them until I was in med-school. It came out of my feeling of loneliness at home. Its not that I actually felt lonely, but as I studied in seclusion, time seemed to stand still. I couldn't study more than 30 minutes before I just felt like I couldn't do it any longer. I started going to coffee shops and found I could sit in there for 2-4 hours with contentment. It felt good to see people coming and going. To see the world existed and hadn't stopped just because I was in med-school. When I graduated, I continued to frequent coffee shops. But I don't like the corporate chain coffee shops. I go to Double Shot Coffee 99% of the time. Recently though, I went to the new one downtown. Topeca. It was their grand opening. It had been in business for approximately 1 hour. I had been there a mere 3 minutes before Geordan sat down at my table. I didn’t know him. But we became acquainted. I learned he was the bassist for the Umbrellas and his new project, The Dead Sea Choir. We had conversation.
When I go to Double-Shot, I can have as much conversation as I desire. I think the independent coffee shop attracts people who thrive on community. People who don't see strangers as strangers, but as friends whom they haven’t yet met.
I like coffee shops. I like community. God made us to live in community. If you feel lonely, seek out a coffee shop, one that is unique and locally owned and feels artsy, not corporate.
David MD
I'm reading "Blue Like Jazz" by Donald Miller. Great book. At least I think so... He writes about things that most people don't put to words. Things that most people just feel. Its good to have those things put to words, explained, and largely brought to closure. He is good at doing that. He is open enough to let you feel what he was going through. Descriptive enough to allow yourself to realize what similar things you’ve gone through... and to ponder it. Don used to be terribly lonely. He later started living in community, before this... he mentioned coffee shops. If he felt lonely, there were always coffee shops.
What is it about coffee shops? I never went to them until I was in med-school. It came out of my feeling of loneliness at home. Its not that I actually felt lonely, but as I studied in seclusion, time seemed to stand still. I couldn't study more than 30 minutes before I just felt like I couldn't do it any longer. I started going to coffee shops and found I could sit in there for 2-4 hours with contentment. It felt good to see people coming and going. To see the world existed and hadn't stopped just because I was in med-school. When I graduated, I continued to frequent coffee shops. But I don't like the corporate chain coffee shops. I go to Double Shot Coffee 99% of the time. Recently though, I went to the new one downtown. Topeca. It was their grand opening. It had been in business for approximately 1 hour. I had been there a mere 3 minutes before Geordan sat down at my table. I didn’t know him. But we became acquainted. I learned he was the bassist for the Umbrellas and his new project, The Dead Sea Choir. We had conversation.
When I go to Double-Shot, I can have as much conversation as I desire. I think the independent coffee shop attracts people who thrive on community. People who don't see strangers as strangers, but as friends whom they haven’t yet met.
I like coffee shops. I like community. God made us to live in community. If you feel lonely, seek out a coffee shop, one that is unique and locally owned and feels artsy, not corporate.
David MD
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