Monday, April 21, 2008

When Do You Let Someone In?

What do people have to do to prove that they are meant to be in your world? They start out with a little idle chit chat and work their way in. Some talk more and get to know you~your likes and dislikes. What is your favorite color, your favorite ice cream and why you don't always like being called "cute". They really seem to want to know what makes you tick?

After much pondering or not~you let them in. Some they just give you that gut instinct~"them some good people". So then you let them in. You give them a place where they can stay. The door is always open. But what if the door closes~do we let them in again? What if we were taken advantage of, walked over, or just plain betrayed. Do we forgive? Do we open the door? Do we let them in again?

Well if you live by God~forgive seven times seventy. Holding on to negativity can't be good. How many times have you done something that you want forgiveness for and it isn't there? How does that make you feel? Out of control, not in your hands. Someones else holds the key for that. So if they won't forgive, do you forgive yourself? That can be harder to do then getting it from the one you have betrayed!

Learning life lessons again. Who says that life is fair? I sure didn't. But we only go around once. Are you doing what you want too? Are you happy? Do you care? Asking them again and again.

Life is good. If we let it. I choose to let it! I continue on my journey with God in the captain's chair.

1 comment:

joe said...

do you walk darkness or do you walk in daylight? Some people live in darkness becuase they are always negative, never seeing the positives someone can bring. IF they are short they have teh ability to get into small areas, if they are tall they can rach on top of the cupboard, IF they are negative they walk blindly, if they are positive they see the beauty in all, what are you like? Qhat happens if you saw the ugly duckling? Is it ugly or not yet developed into a beautiful swan? Is it up to us to judge? Or should we nourish all we touch and see?