BJ was a rootbeer fan. He liked his without ice, preferably from the bottle. He collected rootbeer (rb)bottles as he drank them. He had a ledge in his room which was covered with them. As a rb fan, he did not care much for the major colas. He had tried everything from natural rb to quite unusual names and offerings within the rb spectrum.

When he came home from Peru the first time, he had returned with a passion for a new drink. One he could not get here in the states. It's called Inca Kola. He brought a couple home, as he wanted us to try it. When I say try it, I mean try... taste... sip it. He only had a bit, and he wanted it to last!

I remember when the tables were turned. He would ask for a drink of my soda, and then proceed to guzzle it. When he offered us a taste, he stood close by, and if we kept it tipped up too long, he was quick to put a stop to it! This was a precious commodity to him.

He made it last much longer than it should have. It had to have been flat by the time he finished the last drips.

Though he knew this was available in limited quantity, and wanted to savor it, he had another passion which he was a little freer about sharing. He would drink long and hard from its source, and encourage others to do likewise. This was an offering that he made available at every opportunity. If it was bottled he would have received awards for being one of the top sales people.

Fortunately, it isn't bottled. It's available directly from the Well! Beej did not have to sell it, 'cause it's free. When you drink from this Well, you never thirst again. We still need refilling, 'cause we're cracked and broken vessels, but the Source does not stop filling if we don't stop seeking.

The ledge in your room is no place to keep this, it should permeate every recess of your being. It will never go flat. One could say in an 'old school' way that it is "good to the last drop." The thing is, it is always fresh and new... there is no last drop. You don't need a happy hour to imbibe here. However, I caution you, you may become "happy" if you drink it! If you don't, your drinking at the wrong well!

Come, be filled, restored, renewed. It costs more if you don't than if you do.

Be blessed by the Well!

dad