This is a simple blog. It’s about the delusional Shit People In These Rooms Believe.
Delusion 1
“…I am what I have…”
I was part of a homeless church ministry that developed affordable housing to get people off the street. I noticed as part of this work there seem to be tension between people who were still on the street and those who had were now living in the affordable units we built—they had little or no communication. I inquired of one of the team what this apparent tension was about?
He explained to me that, as a norm, the people who are living in the units don’t communicate or associate with people on the street because they look down on them; the housed group feels they are better than those still on the street. The people on the street don’t communicate or associate with people in the units because they see them as sellouts. This is Delusion 1, defining self and others by material things.
Delusion 2
“… I am what I’ve done...”
Many people In These Rooms believe life is about the journey from bad to good or from sick to well. For them, it’s all about the shit we’ve done.
“…The real difference between telling what happened and telling a story about what happened is that instead of being a victim of our past, we become a master of it….We can’t change our past, but we can change where we stand when we look at it…”
Donald Davis
Hunter
“…In Delusion 2, life is about what we‘ve done instead of dealing with who the fuck we truly are…”
Delusion 3
I am who He says I am and I’ll be who He says I’ll be.
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was once asked how he found the strength to keep going in the face of harsh criticism, relentless injustices and constant death threats. King said “… the person who doesn’t know the joy of finding something in life so dear and so precious they are willing to die for it if necessary isn’t living. They’re only existing…”
Believing I am who He says I am and I’ll be who He says I’ll be is finding that joy. What if this belief isn’t a Delusion but the truth? Who’s to say what we always wanted to be and become isn’t closer than we think?
“…Prayer is when I talk to God. Meditation is when I shut the fuck up and listen…”
Unknown
“…An empowering step in transformation is when we stop placing expectations on other people, places and things and instead place them on our inner characters…”
The Professor
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The Struggle Continues…
