TRAVIS: (entering) Hey God…got a minute?
GOD: No, I’m really busy. TRAVIS: Huh!? GOD: Kidding. Of course I’ve got a minute…or a year. How’s it going for you so far? TRAVIS: Oh ..fine. But I got this problem. GOD: Good. That’s my specialty. TRAVIS: I think I’m dysfunctional. GOD: You’re what? TRAVIS: Dysfunctional. I’m an odd ball. You know…weird. GOD: Okay. …………………..But you said you had a problem. TRAVIS: Would you get serious? GOD: Sure. You want lightening? TRAVIS: Sorry. GOD: Travis, what’s your problem? You’re pretty much the way I made you 18 years ago. TRAVIS: I’m older than that. GOD: I’m trying to cheer you up. (Travis laughs) What’s all this…dysfunctional talk? TRAVIS: I don’t know…I’ve just always seemed …you know.. different from everyone else. GOD: You are. TRAVIS: But I mean really different.. the way I feel about things. The things I like to do. I mean, yeah, it’s easier out here at camp to be yourself, but once I leave here I’ll be in the same predicament again…an oddball. GOD: Look, Trav, this is getting really boring. TRAVIS: Huh? GOD: Could you take a message to the cooks for me? TRAVIS: God just called me boring. GOD: Be quiet. You’re boring me again. Are you listening? TRAVIS: Sure..uh…sure, I’ll take him a message. GOD: Good. Write this down. (Travis whips out a pencil and paper) I’ve got some changes in today’s schedule. TRAVIS: Okay. GOD: First..about the meals. From now on I want them to serve pancakes for breakfast… TRAVIS: Okay. GOD: And pancakes for lunch and pancakes again for supper. TRAVIS: Huh? GOD: Be quiet and write. (he does) And those praise songs Mr. West is singing. I want to change them. (give a time) ________ I want him to lead off with “Your Everlasting Love..” TRAVIS: Okay.. GOD: Then I want him to sing “Your Everlasting Love,” then finish up with “Your Everlasting Love.” TRAVIS: Boy, you must like that song. GOD: Write! And when kids get up pray for the performances…from now on I want them to say the same prayer over and over. TRAVIS: Uh..God. No offense, but just a minute ago you called ME boring. If you ask me, you’re the one… GOD: Get the point? TRAVIS: (a very long beat, then he begins writing again) Note to self: God likes things to be different. ..including…me (a beat, smiles) I uh…I get the point. GOD: Sweet. TRAVIS: Thanks, Lord. I feel a lot better now. Look, I’ll meet you right here at the same time tomorrow. GOD: Travis? TRAVIS: Change the time. Stop being so …dysfunctional. (Travis smiles and exits)
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