Monday, February 15, 2010

Day 46 - equilibrium.

Day 46 and while most people were off today (President's Day) it was great to get my desk up to date a little and sort things out.
My mother ingrained in me 'tidiness is next to godliness' ......she'd be proud of my passionate pursuit of that neo-theology.
So I could say that today's intentional follow of Jesus was just that - tidying up my desk.

But, eh, it's not really in the Bible, even although my dear mother was convinced it was!

So what did I do today?

Today it was about being honest.
Not that others days I'm not about being honest, rather, today I had some tricky situations where 80% or 90% of the truth would have been the truth but just not everything that needed to be said.
So today was saying the last 10% - twice in person and once by email.

It's something Carolyn has shown me well. She has this total commitment to always be honest yet has the core value of harmony. Sometimes I've viewed holding these two values as impossible - saying the last 10% doesn't endear harmony in relationships.
The core value I often held was the value of truth ....and who cares if the truth creates in-equilibrium in relationships, it was the truth!!
But Carolyn has shown me otherwise.
You can pursue truth and harmony with equilibrium.

So today I tried that and I think it worked!

Thank you Jesus ....or maybe it was thank you Carolyn.

So today was about

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