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A. Remember the things you say that get applause.
B. Feel super about your “PACs.”
C. Don’t cry unless you are talking to a veteran and a camera is rolling
D. Look sharp. Talk tough. Deny rumors. Eat corn in Iowa.
E. Don’t lie unless you really have to.
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Finishing up my time with the outstanding souls of Bluffton, Indiana, I mentioned in closing that it was very important that we try to remove our “opinions” from our daily outreach with our fellow-man.
One lady lodged a light objection by saying that she felt it’s essential that we share our story.
Oh, so true.
We must share our story–but we must learn that there’s a difference between our story and our opinion and even our story and our religion. If you’ll allow me to break it down:
1. My story.
What I’ve seen and heard. Nothing more, nothing less. If it’s in the boundary of my experience, I should feel free to share.
2. My opinion.
What I’ve heard, but not necessarily seen. There are rumors going around all the time, and we are tempted to adopt these ill-founded notions as fact. Matter of fact, we become excellent at convincing ourselves they are true. Now, there may be truth to them, but they are not part of our journal.
3. My religion.
What I’ve decided everybody should see and hear. Now, religion doesn’t have to be religious. It’s just some book, philosophy, lifestyle or practice that we have convinced ourselves is more regal than any other available ideas. Therefore, we begin to judge humanity on whether they have adopted our preferred practice.
So you can see the problem. When people mingle their story with opinion and seal it in a tomb of religion, they become less and less universal in their approach.
Yes, I will tell you–I have become and will continue to become a better person as I keep my spirituality to my own walk, my opinions to myself and allow my story to do the speaking for me.
Otherwise, opinions and religion just separate us–and such a breaking of fellowship always leads to conflict and war.
So on this Memorial Day, let me leave my wreath of peace at the doorstep of your heart, and just end by saying, “This is my story … and I’m stickin’ to it.”
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