Chapter 6: More About the Truth...

The Bible states that you reap what you sow and to everything there is a season. It is wise when a person understands which season he or she is in. I am not one to say that I believe that I should understand everything, because clearly I don't, but I do think however, I that I understand that there is indeed an order to this thing that we call life. There are people and situations that come into your life to make you much stronger that you could ever be on your own. I have found this to be true in so many situations, but one in particular happened the other day.

I was speaking to a guy the other day. I met him through a function at church. I was with one of my girlfriends and I was myself as usual---chillin' with no particular agenda. In speaking with him I enjoyed the conversation, I liked him for the most part, but he spoke a lot about my girlfriend that made me think that something was shady. So to make an incredibly long story short, in conversing with my friend, we discovered that he had been telling both of us the same things. So my girl sent him a message pretty much said that we were too old for games. She spoke with him later that same day and he tried to redeem himself, but she was clearly pissed. So that leaves me in the strange perdicament. Both my friend and I agreed to bow out gracefully, so there is no need to even consider him as a date. My thought is that I don't believe that I did anything wrong, therefore I should carry myself in the way that I always did in relation to him--chill.

So today, I saw him in church and he spoke and I did likewise. I carried on a five minute conversation and then I left. I had a male friend with me and he was like...so you can fake the funk too. I felt that it was okay for me to speak to him because I knew that I wasn't trying to date him and there is no need to be openly rude. The truth about being a good person melts down to the fact that other people think that you are silly when you are kind in spite of the person or the circumstances. I believe that you do reap what you sow regardless if it is good or bad things that you sow. I think that my ability to do this will take me a long way in this life. I will ultimately reap the benefits when it's my turn. My politeness doesn't mean that I am a coward or fake, I just felt that if I'm going to be going to the same church and in fellowship with these same people, I need to be able to be cordial and still maintain my distance and integrity. Is that wrong?