i believe it was socrates (sow-craits)johnson from bill and ted’s excellent adventure who said, “know thyself.” well socrates, i fully intend to.
i’ve come to a point in my life where i am not all that concerned with hearing about my negative traits. i’ve actually come to the point of wanting to know more of them and even embracing some of them. i want to know the things that other people think about me and just won’t tell me. seriously, i can handle it!
over the past couple of months i have been involved in a group that has allowed me to open up about the things that i struggle with, and they in turn have told me what they believe to be my flaws as onlookers to my life. side note: they are real jerks about it. i’m thinking about leaving the group. joke. in fact, they have been just the opposite.
it’s so rare to find people who will be honest with you, while at the same time showing grace and humility in the process. it’s pretty fantastic.
on this path to knowing myself i am sure there will be painful realizations and many sessions of asking for forgiveness from those i have hurt, but i know that in the end the only way to deal with sins against god and others is to get them out in the open. i’m ready for that. i’m ready to take out the log in my own eye. i’m ready to know who i really am and to go another way.
-dave-

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