To be OK or not to be OK

I think I understand what Christi is asking and it is something that I struggle with as well. I think that we all have a responsibility to be have ownership in our community. We have to be willing to say when we are not OK and we have to be willing to let people not be OK. However, I think that Kristyn is right that hearing each other's stories is an important part of this journey and until we have the framework that we need for each other's lives, it will be harder to feel like we really know each other. So-we have to patient through this process until we can all feel like we have shared each Wednesday night.

Also, we each have to make choice-am I going to choose to let people now ME or the version of me, I want to be? In trying to think what parts of my story are worth sharing, I find myself tempted to hider certain facts to paint a picture of myself that is not 100% truth. If I choose to do that, I am only robbing myself. Because it is ONLY in being 100% transparent that we feel loved in spite of ourselves.

Something I learned a long time ago was this-when I feel like I don't have close friends-I have to ask myself two questions--1. What I have shared with someone that makes them feel like they know something more about me than we first sat down, and 2. What did question did I ask to help me learn something about the person I am talking to. When there has been a sharing of information by two people, it usually relates to a feeling of closeness.....

Amy F. (Amy Dawn)