NOT REALLY

This is the needle that burst a bubble of dreams. Sharing some heart felt feeling and then having somebody say it doesn’t count.

It can really be discouraging. And it can be worse if the person is wrong. This happens a lot.

People filter truth through their own thoughts and values. They don’t even have to be based on fact.

Bias is hard to always appreciate, but it is there. And it will color any person concept of what is real.

They just won’t admit it at times. So you can only tell it by listening to them. To see if everything they say is either negative or positive.

I think both views are extremes at times. They lack balance. And in both situations they can be harmful at times.

Because if you see only clouds or sunshine and nothing else how can you really recognize changes in the weather? And how can you assess changes that you have to prepare for.

Too much negative and one won’t try. They will not venture into the land of risk. Too much positivism and you live in denial.

Which never results in the ability to honest interact with one’s environment. I think you need to have faith, need to see possibilities, but not ignore the sounds of approaching enemies.

God doesn’t expect us to be stupid. Or does He rejoice when we are lacking in wisdom. He did give us a brain.

But the problem is that we don’t always listen when His spirit speaks. Sometimes He does present us with the impossible.

And that is when we have to struggle the most with what we believe. That is when our prejudices are most exposed.

So often we find out something impedes our ability to trust and dream or makes us simply start running without knowing where we are going. This doesn’t work either.

Through it all our personality truly does prevail. We can pretend it doesn’t colorize our thoughts, but it always does.

Just a question if we are willing to accept our weakness in that area and let God help us in the process.