Tag: seeing things clearly

It’s a landmine out here! Anywhere you turn there a traps waiting to blow up in your face. It does not matter how articulate you sound or good your intentions, if people want to be offended they are gonna be offended no matter what. Imagine trying to live this life that’s hard enough already by being life and then having to evaluate, reconsider, reconfigure every word you say. When you mind was in the laundry mat newly minted and someone comes drags you down into the gutter of their deep dark obsessions. What can you do?

Maybe, I need time to consider what my role has been. Did I have unrealistic expectations or did I contribute to the situations that leave me feeling completely singe? It could be that we take things too seriously and we must stop being hyper-focused on how people are and look inwardly and work on being the best “me” that we can be. It is easy to complain about what everyone is doing or not doing but it’s harder to work not seeing someone else’s bile of trash and not clear out the one we have compiled. We too are a part of the people and their might be those who see us as difficult and hard. So what do we say about this? We may ask for grace but we too need to give it. Especially to that one person, who by their very appearance cause our blood to rage within us – because we know what they are about. Alas, those people cannot be avoided unless we decide to go live on a deserted island.

I remember being young and deciding I wanted to be a nun to avoid people, people hurt and people disappointment. I then decided that being a nun would be boring so maybe living on an island would do the tick! Yet, here I am still among people trying to navigate the slippery landmines that come from arrogance, stubbornness ignorance and perpetual anxiety. So what to do? Maybe it’s time to withdraw, declutter some stuff, throw out the garbage and come again stronger.