Who Will Keep You Company?

In Shawshank Redemption, Andy Dufresne rebelled against the guards and was thrown into isolation for a whole month. When he emerged from “the hole,” he had a smile on his face. His penitentiary friends were confused. How could he be so happy after spending thirty days by himself with no human interaction?

Andy explained, “I had Mr. Mozart to keep me company.”

I often wonder if I were ever thrown into isolation, who would keep me company?

Would it be:

Candace constantly tattling on Phineus and Ferb?

Those Angry Birds flying all over the room?

Aqua singing “Barbie Girl”?

Snookie… doing whatever it is she does?

Or Negative Chatty Cathy from Bunko complaining about her MIL, the waitress at O’Charley’s and her ingrown toenail?

With that kind of company, I’d surely be crawling around the room trying to melt into that Yellow Wallpaper.

What if my company included:

James Taylor singing “In My Mind I’m Gone to Carolina,”

Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy dancing gracefully around the room,

Hummingbirds happily sipping their red-colored sugar water,

And Jesus sitting by my side engulfing me in his aura of Peace and Love?

Yeah, I could enjoy that kind of isolation.