Nov 5

Am I fake…?

I would say that I move back and forth between fake and authenticity. Take yesterday, I was having lunch with a friend, and it seemed like everyone (not everyone, but indulge my drama) wanted to eat with me. Toward the end of the conversation, the guy sitting next to us, whose name I cannot remember, left. At that point I became aware of my excluding him from the conversation. Not in words, but in my actions. It was a subconscious intentionality of not making eye contact. Part of me felt like it was an intrusion, and the rest of me felt uncomfortable. I say this does not make anyone fake, just human. I believe we should permit ourselves to be a little more human, and attempt to stop faking our holiness; that is becoming more authentic in our misconceptions, mistakes, failed perceptions, or just overall lack of accepting ourselves as we are. I think the person I call Lord and Savior, that’s Jesus, has less trouble than I do at accepting me. How about you?

-Pnorrod