The Frog Prince

Let me introduce you to the Frog Prince.

Life is tough when you are green. The Frog Prince does not have a blog yet-but one is coming. As Kermit says :"It ain't easy being green." The Frog Prince, like a another fairy tale individual, woke up one day after 15 years of sleep-but when he woke up he found to his surprise that he was in one of the fine state institutions in Mid-America-with, shall we say, time on his hands. The Frog Prince had been on a 15 year binge experimenting with every possible drug known to man. As the doctors say-he was self-medicating. He described his 15 year binge in the words of Dickens: "It was the best of times-it was the worst of times." But when he woke up, and after the drug haze and confusion lifted, he found that during his Dante's tour of drug heaven and hell, through a miracle, God had left him a mind, words that can bless and a loving and compassionate heart. He also discovered that the conscience that he had abandoned for drugs, was preserved (although all those around him thought it dead).

The Frog Prince is like all of us. Some days we are Frogs-but on those days when we are kissed by God, we become princes and princesses. But when we do not receive that daily grace, we return to our slimy selves , croak our complaints, and brazenly expose our warts to the world. But when we accept the kiss of God (some call it the grace of God) we become more than ourselves. We shed our Froginess and walk with a grace, gifts and callings that are more than the sum of what is in us. A true gestalt of the dance between God and man that each of us is invited to.

So look forward to hearing in the future from the Frog Prince. Listen, he has something to say. He has been to places most of us prefer not to go.