Clay and mud prove sticklers with staying power. Same of ideologies. Digging dirt from the bottom of my work boots prompts the obvious parallel...cleaning boots and purging the mind require ruthless burrowing - preferably with a knife, poking, prodding, ignoring the pleas of earth/values clumped to the sole (soul). Showering entails the same. Scrubbed to a glow, the skin rewards the diligence of purification, buffing, and polishing - exposing the clarity beneath the surface. Questions do the same - agitating the mind's "ideal" landscape - creating discomfort along with fresh perspective. The list below - parsed from the millions of questions rushing for mention in my mind - contains the most potent and persistent contenders - the ones that after much discomfort - defended their worth. I am answering all in due time, and responses will be posted after April 6th. Until then - and for the remainder of this life - tidying continues.
20 Questions - A Mile In Your Shoes
Answer all or some, two or none...
We are all a work in progress. every. single. one.
- What is one thing I could say to you to show you the most respect?
- What single behavior do you use today that has given you 100% return on your investment?
- How do you gauge that return?
- What saying of your mother/father has always proved inconsistent, but you still believe?
- What do your lips do in the presence of someone you don't like?
- What adult situation or circumstance made you question your self worth?
- What gift have you given or received that has more value than you?
- What do your friends give you that your family does not?
- What happened after you judged another's life choice without having all the facts?
- When you go to the refrigerator, do you seek the truth or comfort?
- What was the cost in a situation when you gave yourself permission to be lied to?
- What single thought/ideology do you tap consistently that brings you 100% return on investment?
- What do you use to gauge that return?
- What was the result in your life after blaming yourself for an err (sin) not committed?
- What did you worry about as a kid that you still worry about today?
- What was(is) your most effective playground skill?
- How do you reconcile your own mistakes as honest and others as careless?
- What is your concern about other people's opinions about you?
- What recent conversation or argument prompted you to reconsider your current perspective?
- What was beautiful about you as a child, that you deem unimportant today?
