Just What's A Canker Sore
9 years ago
Friday, September 09, 2005
"And we must admit our questions of others rarely invite a complete and honest sharing from their hearts. We all have a tendancy to keep safely distant from each other's feelings. To deal with what's really going on inside is disturbing, too uncomfortable; so we hide the inside truth from others - and from ourselves. Life works better that way. That's the clear message we've learned from many of our teachers and the one we communicate to others by our non-involvement."
- pg. 98 of 'Inside Out' by Dr. Larry Crabb
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*blinks*
*reads again*
*head explodes in a glorious pugnification of red goo*
Can you handle the truth? That's one of those rare questions that you can't answer 'no' to.
"...our questions of others rarely invite a complete and honest sharing from their hearts."
If I was completely honest, and people hate honesty for some reason, I really don't care that much about 'how someone's day was' unless something significant. If they have something they need to tell, they should just say it. I'll only ask questions that interest me -
Selfish, you say? What other questions would I ask that weren't hipocritical and insincere?
But not really.
Rather, our paths crossed.
The private paths of our own
separate worlds made a juncture
and we were there.
We told our impersonal names
and shook each other's hand
warmly and firmly - to convey
our interest
which wasn't there.
We shared ourviews
on the weather, politics,
the latest news
and other foreign things
which were not there.
And when the conversation lagged,
we said:
"Well, glad to have met you"
"Same here"
We lied, smiled, extended our hands
again, and parted -
glad to be on our separate ways
from our little meeting.
Today I met a man
But not really.
(Author unknown)
FRED
Hey! George, how's it going?
GEORGE
Oh, well, well. Can't complain... and you?
FRED
Fine, just fine.
GEORGE
Good. Well, nice to catch up, now if you'll excuse me, I have to go and have that exact same conversation to five other people.
hey tink, wens luke's next op?
Interesting thoughts king kohl, not sure I agree entirely, but you have a point.
Great poem revhead. I've read that one before, I love it. Very reflective of western society.
Jill, is that why you use the name Jill?
Maybe you're not sure if it's true or not, that would explain it
I was anonymous