Saturday, June 25, 2016

Spirit and Truth

Today I watched a YouTube video commentary about a "good girl" celebrity hooking up with a "bad boy" celebrity.  The host was basically dealing with all the negative feedback people were giving the "good girl" for hooking up with the "bad boy". The host commented on how people only know the image portrayed by celebrities and that maybe they each discovered the "real" person in each other and that's why they are together.  Not for publicity-positive or negative- but because they want to be together.

When it comes down to living life on purpose, you must choose if you want to walk in the "real" of being you in every area of life or just the perception that you are "real" in order to be accepted by others.  I've chosen to be as real and true to myself in my everyday life and my interactions with others.  That doesn't mean that I'm always understood but I'm open to communicate so that a win-win situation could arise to improve the quality of the relationship.

In today's video, I discovered the "real" person behind the facade of the person I was beginning to think of as a friend. When faced with a perception that seemed totally against what this person believed I was saying, I was attacked and totally written off as evil when in fact, just taking the time to understand the meaning of mere words could have saved a budding friendship.  Even during times like these I'm determined to Enjoy the Journey!