Today.
I have been reading a lot of Anne Lammott lately. And by a lot, I mean I just can't read fast enough to get to the next book. There are most definitely some extremes in her writings and in her life that I can't relate to exactly, however, I think if she and I were to meet she would just get me, as I feel so connected to her and her candor when it comes to the subject of faith. It's refreshing to connect with people who aren't wearing masks.
The other day I was given a kind of backwards compliment. Someone told me that my constant cheerleading in public was a gift that most people don't have (compliment), but that he wondered if the pendulum swung the complete opposite way when I was in private (backwards part). I have been stewing on this concept ever since.
I talked to Tricia about it in our session this week and she came up with the mask analogy. We wear these masks in public that seem to say "I'm okay, you're okay", but there are very few people, if any, in our lives who ever get to see the pendulum swing to wear the mask is taken off in private. I think deep down we all know this to be true, however, how many of us are willing to admit it to ourselves and how many of us are willing to go a step further and start taking our masks off in public? What would that look like?
