Pretense, pretending, putting on facades or any other ingenuine demonstration is never the road to wholeness in relationships especially when it comes to family. I've heard that some people will go to the end of the earth trying to avoid having "real" talks or getting to the very grain of an issue is extremely hard. For this reason you have to assess what's in the best interest of the whole. I see why removing yourself from the equation is sometimes necessary. I also know why taking the very hard step of addressing tough issues is paramount. The bottom line is you have to weigh them out and determine your course of action. Here's one thing I know, when relationships are on the line and people still want to avoid setting the relationship on course it may be an indication that there is nothing left of the relationship to salvage.
As I stated yesterday I went for a walk and enjoyable it was. It was windy and I loved it. 70 degrees and a breeze didn't make for a bad time outdoors at all. Needless to say it brought yesterday's earlier agitation (read totally perturbed) to a simmer and provided an interesting perspective. I relished the blowing air and thought about my time in college. It was great and I got through it with out too much drama or incident (with the exception of a few memorables, which is for another day another post). That being said, I didn't drink, smoke or experiment with drugs. I don't say that as some type of badge of honor because that's not the case at all. But it was apparent, that somewhere along the way I truly believed what my grandparents told me growing up about character, honor, and integrity. However, the older I get I've grown wary or maybe even cynical at what maybe appears to be watered-down standards we've immersed ourselves in society. Notice I say ...
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