Pot and Kettle

Dear Friend,

For someone who is normally so generous, I've noticed you have a strange habit of being incredibly selfish. On the one hand, you seem to want give your time, your energy, your everything for people in need. But then there's you. You want to hang on to your pain, your problems, your worries, your fears. You wear them like a treasured wet woolen coat. Prometheus 2.0. Their burdens and your pain.

I know, I know. Pot, there's a phone call for you on line 1. It's Kettle. Kettle calling for Pot on line 1. Me too. But one of the truest proverbs I know is "A joy shared is a double joy; a sorrow shared is a half sorrow." It's the truest proverb I know. Yes, I know Jesus Says we're supposed to come to him and lay down our burdens and he'll give us rest. And I know that's true. But I think one of the things I'm learning is that the best way to do that is not always through prayer, as strange as that sounds. Instead, It's through sitting with and sometimes speaking with and listening to others who love and care. You know-- that mystical thing we otherwise refer to as the Body of Christ.

So, yeah. Know that i love you. Maybe its time for both of us to unload.

thus spake,

me.