Yeah, this is me in 1973 after returning home from hitch-hiking to California from Orlando, FLA. Two wild and crazy guys “Marty (last name unknown?)” and “Rick (McKinney?)” picked me up in Chattanooga, TN and took me all the way to San Diego. What a trip! These guys were “huffers” and when they stopped to give me a ride they asked “do you HUFF”? I was so tired at that point I glady (and ignorantly) said “OF COURSE!”. Little did I know what huff was and soon I was in for the travel experience of my life. Around halfway through our trip, I knew if we were gonna arrive at our destinations alive, I would have to throw that glass bottle of hallucinogenic liquid off a cliff which I did, and ultimately led to not a small amount of conflict with one of the boys. The other guy finally agreed with me and even thanked me for doing it. (Marty or Rick: if you remember me and you’re seeing this, email me! I’d love to hear from you guys. Remember the tractor trailer wreck and the ensuing fire under the gas tank we put out? Or was it the huff doing its hallucinogenic work? LOL).
Anyway, upon returning home (West Seneca, NY) I sorely needed direction in my life. This led me to the classic “Why’s and What’s”: WHY am I here? WHAT is my purpose? …and somehow finding a book in my hands about the life of Francis of Assisi. That book served as the impetus for my surrendering my life to Christ and thus discovering the answers to my questions about a purposeful life. What an experience it’s been since then. If you haven’t repented of your sins against God and asked Him to take the reigns of your life…DO SO! YOU WILL NEVER REGRET IT! HONESTLY!