Last Sunday I pulled a card out from the “Box of Truth” at church. It’s a shoe box with an opening on top and quotes on cards inside. You can take a card out and think on it, even take it home if you so desire. Sometimes, the quote is errily apporopriate for the person pulling it out. That was certainly the case with this one.
“We can tell the truth. Lying about what we think, how we feel, and what we want, isn’t being polite – it’s lying.”
I tend to sugar coat what I say, to be polite, to not risk what I really want. But as is often the case in such matters, God decided I was ready for the lesson and that I needed a good teacher. Enter the teacher who does not sugar coat anything and who says precisely what she means. It is incredibally refreshing. Thinking about it, I reallized I love people who are characters, who stand out for who they are. They are a flavor in themselves and are fully comfortable living out of that. I want that quality in myself. So I am learning to not be so polite, to say precisely what I mean, and to take up space. Not everyone is going to like me. That is fine. We all don’t have to like each other all the time. Being true to myself is more important than your good opinion of me. This is a big part of being free.
365-09 #239