1) Had a heart to heart
with Manitowoc friend today.
Funny thing is we were dead serious
about so many things.
It's very refreshing,
this being-honest thing.
It builds respect each one for the other
and sets us free to be who we are.
It also encourages the kind of intimacy
good relationships are made of.
Honesty also produces a kind of freedom
that makes room for finding humor
in difficult things.
Some stuff can be so confounding,
we choose to bring humor to it.
And the laughter we share
is twice as good
for the sharing of it.
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2) Long ride home of 2 hours and 40 minutes...
what's a woman to do
but listen to something that nourishes
heart and soul.
Nothing like a funny preacher
to do just that.
Humor has a way
of reaching and teaching the heart
that sometimes a more serious sermon
can't seem to do.
At least for me.
Well, laughing alone in the car
was a delight today.
3) Speaking of honesty...
I love taking photos
of things that speak volumes.
So on the ride home,
I stop and take photos of this and that,
and one in particular made me laugh.
"Where were you this evening?"
He or she may be honest
when they answer the pointed question with ....
"I don't know"
Well now...
do you really believe that'll work?
Might as well go straight home,
pour yourself into the relationship
you started long ago,
and tackle the difficulties with
honesty, humor and respect.
