THE HUMILITY OF KNOWING YOU

At one point our bus broke down in Italy on this highway but you wouldn't know it from the picture.

What if all of the people you ever “Butt Dialed” formed a blog about the things you say when you don’t know others are listening. Would that scare you? By the way, is it eavesdropping if you continue to listen to people’s conversations when they call you accidentally? Digression. Anyhow, my real question is whether or not you and I are on the up-and-up about the person we’ve been waking up with since birth. And no I ain’t talkin’ about ya mama. Are we in touch with the unfiltered, uncut version of us, the one that speaks candidly minus the performance?

There was a moment about 7 years ago when I began this Damascus-like transition toward transparency. I was in the midst of a messy life situation that many reading this may remember and I made arguably the most difficult decision of my life. The fallout was nuclear and suddenly I became acquainted with hate directed square at me. It was at that moment that I unwillingly began a journey of self-awareness, slowly seeing both the courage and the falleness that resides in my character.

And so today I shoot straight, at the mirror image and friends alike. I somehow still possess compassion, though that’s up for debate, but I endorse authenticity as a chief virtue. Masks, superficiality, reputation control, duplicity stink in my nostrils. That means I sometimes stink in my own nostrils. How’s that for visceral? That’s true talk, however, and to be fair I still battle the thoughts that are difficult to express out loud even to oneself in a room filled with only me. I think we all live in that place at some point – being embarrassed by the real us. Acknowledging the real you is humbling and requires more courage than you’ll ever need in any other confrontation. People say, “If they just got to know me…” this, that and the other would be the result. Regardless of outcomes with people, securing a certain job or landing the significant, DOING YOU is not an really an option. Chances are that doing you means knowing you which probably means changing you. Buckle up fa safety…

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  1. This is a great thought you have here. I have been going through exactly what you sharing. I wish I would have had the safety belt on as you mentioned. And as the side mirrors on our cars read: Objects in mirror are closer than they appear. What appeared as trouble, a stripping away, damage, job loss, friends lost, only appeared that way. It was there to create a transparency in me as well. A way for ME to get out of the way. A way to get out of God’s way. Self-awareness through God’s eyes is a whole different game. All I can say, is thanks for Grace and Mercy.