John Koenig's The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows has invented a word for me to use when describing how I feel sometimes when talking about the facts and logic that support my faith.
It comes from the Old English licode (it pleased [you]) + psychotic, and is pronounced lahy-kot-ic.
licotic adj. anxiously excited to introduce a friend to something you think is amazing - a classic album, a favorite restaurant, a TV show they're lucky enough to watch for the very first time - which prompts you to continually poll their face waiting for the inevitable rush of awe, only to cringe when you discover all the work's flaws shining through for the very first time.
I admit to having this exact emotion when treating a group of high-school-aged boys to their first exposure to the cinematic experience known as Cool Hand Luke. I was excited to introduce them to Paul Newman at his finest, but soon realized that taken as a whole, the film is kind of depressing.
I also admit to having something close to this emotion when sharing a bit of apologetics with one of my atheist friends and realizing they are not as impressed with it as I am.
I suppose it's very difficult, if not entirely impossible, to recreate in someone else your personal reactions and feelings...whether about faith or films or food or even if something is funny or not.
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Truth is...You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
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