Light, Love, Hope

As we roll into the holiday season, I have been contemplating one of my favorite holiday movies; It’s a Wonderful Life. For those that may not have seen this Christmas classic, it is the story of George Bailey who is visited by an angel named Clarence who gives George the gift of seeing how life would be in his hometown if he never existed.

What I have been thinking about is how things in my life might have been different if I had made different choices in life. Even the smallest choice you make can significantly change things. How would my life be if I had never met certain people? Would I be happier in life or would I have become a grumpy old man? Would I have done some of the things I have done, or not? Would I have found some of the things I have longed for or would I still be where I am today.

I have always believed that my path has been steered to where God wants me to be at that very moment in time. The hardest part at times is for me to understand why he has put me where I am and why I am in the situations that I experience. There is a purpose, but at times I don’t know what it is. So, I trust in God that I am following the path that is meant for me as he guides me through life and that I will become the person that he wants me to be.

I was so excited to be invited to a group for a new 28 Day Challenge.  Having just completed the October challenge, it really got my creative juices flowing to where I was looking forward to the next one.  The only thing is, today I saw it was not actually going to start until FEBRUARY 2019.

Bummer!

So much for that, huh?

Not wanting to end this writing Greg and I have been doing, because we’ve kinda been on a roll, I thought that perhaps he and I should challenge each other.

That sounds like a cool idea.  Right?!

RIGHT!

Now, if he will only play along.

Oh Gregory … 

Since I rather enjoyed writing to a single prompt word, I thought I would create my own relating to a current situation.

I have always tried very hard to think about other’s feelings before I speak. There are times when I, shall we say, avoid speaking the truth. I am struggling with this as I am in a situation where I must respond to someone. My dilemma is whether or not I should truly speak my mind. Being that this is public forum, I can’t really share what the situation is with all of you.

Let me explain it like this. Let’s say you go to a job interview that you really want. You meet the people there and they are very nice. You get a tour of the facilities and an explanation of the responsibilities. You immediately see a red flag that lets you know that you could never take this job. Now I could just say the I am not interested. However, I could give an explanation that may help them see where something is seriously wrong that could easily be fixed to make things much better. However, in doing that I would probably hurt the feelings of some people there. Not everyone can take criticism. Many people take things very personally. This is where I am fighting with myself on what to do.

I have run into situations like this before and I have always taken the easy way out by making up some simple excuse or some such thing like that. But over the summer, I was witness to a situation where a person was told by many of their friends that there were very good at something and in reality they were not. Because this person was not told the truth, they put themselves in a situation where they were humiliated.

So I ask, is it always the best thing to save someone’s feelings by hiding the truth or is it better to just let it all out?