There are many things about me that bug even me. This isn't a Jana bashing post. It simply is what it is...stating the facts. I wish I had a dollar for every time I have said the wrong thing at the wrong time to the wrong person. Instead, I simply get to stick my foot in my mouth time and time again. The thing is, I am not saying what I say to be condescending, judgmental, or mean spirited. In fact, 99.9% of the time I am saying what I say to encourage or attempt to seem like I belong. And, it almost always happens in situations where I feel like I don't fit 100% or have all of the facts.
This morning running up and down that darn dump hill I said something to another runner that was meant to be encouraging only to be informed by another runner that it may have been a bit of a put down. He then filled me in on some history I was completely unaware of...Ugh! I am so thankful he pointed it out to me and gave me the context. That foot didn't taste very good, but I was glad to at least be aware that I was eating it. Maybe that only makes sense to me.
Fortunately, I hardly ever taste my stinky foot when with close friends and family. Oh, yes! I say the wrong things with all of them for sure all the time. But, with them I belong and they get me. So, if you aren't part of one of those groups, I am sure I have said something to you that I went home later and thought twice about how it could have and probably was taken the wrong way. In other words, I have punished myself already and thanked God for his grace to let me try it again another day. Pretty please let me know if what I am saying is off base when I say it and don't hate me. :) I am trying to keep the mouth shut and the foot out.
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