iconoclastic people; Larry Norman

Sitting up again with the Sweet youtube videos as my only companionship. I discovered a drink that I like a lot: mineral water with a little orange juice. My daughter thought it was gross. It's something for old people to sip when they are trying to be "healthy". I got to thinking earlier about how I always seem to be attracted to people who are a little controversial. I suppose you could say "free spirits" or unconventional or...there is a word for it. Hmmm.... Heterodox? No. Not heterodox. something with the word icon in it. Iconoclastic. That's it. People who smash the icons of what is expected of them. Defying the conventions, if they are conventions for conventions sake. I was thinking about this because recently, Larry Norman passed away. And I was watching some videos on youtube of him. He seriously defied everyone's expectations of him. There is something appealing about this type of person.

I'm attracted to free spirits. I like what Dietrich Bonhoeffer had to say about Christian community. He said that when we try to control other people based on our expectations of them, we do violence against their freedom in Christ to be who they are. I liked that. Instead of having illusions or opinions about how things should be, I should just be taking people for what they are, or what they are putting forward. Just let them be who they are, even if I think they are wrong. Of course, I'd speak up if someone was being really criminal or vile. But usually it's just a matter of people being "messy" and inconvenient.