I’m a lefty, have been all my life. That doesn’t explain why it’s my right shoulder that hurts. The world is definitely set up for right-handed people. That is why my right shoulder hurts.

Today I surfed a blog that led to another blog and found an entry about being a lefty that referred to a Left Hand store. Now, when I was in elementary school this would have been great. I really needed scissors, notebooks, and other things that I could use as a lefty instead of having to struggle to not smear my ink as I dragged my hand behind my pen or write close to the left edge of the notebook when my hand was resting on the spiral wire. And my mother was a trooper trying to find things for me and working with me to see if it would work. But, I’m 39 now and I’ve adapted. I eat and write with my left hand, but I do everything else with the right (did I mention it’s my right shoulder that hurts?. I think I’m too old to learn how to use a numeric keypad with my left hand. I’m struggling to use a mouse with my left hand (old habits die hard).

I missed my one day of the year though. Apparently Aug 13 was the official Left Handers day. I’ll have to put it on my calendar for next year.

We discovered World Magazine a number of years ago. We’ve been very glad for the discovery. It is a bit like Time magazine, with current events and practical articles, but all from a Christian worldview. It is a very thoughtful magazine.

My favorite part of World is the weekly column by Andree Seu. She is good at seeing the spiritual battle, going outside of her comfort zone and reminding the rest of us we are too comfortable, and putting the struggles we all have into words and word-pictures. This entry from World On the Web is a great example. When you pray, do you expect an answer?