One evening as we sat down for our evening meal my oldest son Curtis starting telling my husband about his day. He was about five years old at the time.
“Hey Dad, you see that big tree in the backyard by the garden out there?”
“Yes” my husband replied.
“Well, today there was a Daddy crow and a baby crow up high in that tree and the baby crow fell out of its nest.” said Curtis.
He continued, we listened as he pointed animatedly to the tree out back.
“The baby crow landed down in the garden and he had his nose stuck in the mud and he couldn’t get out. So the Daddy crow flew down to the garden and he pecked and pecked at the mud until the baby crow was unstuck. Then they both flew back up to the nest.”
My husband said “Curtis” waiting for him to deny that it had really happened.
Curtis said “Dad, It really happened and he worked a long time to get the baby crow unstuck.”
My husband said ” Curtis” giving him that look like he better fess up to the truth.
Curtis knowing he was caught in a story looked at his Dad and said “Well, It could have happened!”
In the past few years, as we have seen various individuals weaving their tales before Congress, news agencies, and judges I’ve waited for the moment when just one of them looked into the camera or spoke into the microphone and spoke those exact words as my son “Well, it could have happened!”
How refreshing would the truth be instead of contrived elaborate stories.
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p.s. I dropped your name on Gina's post, Barb. ;)
“IN THE AGE OF UNIVERSAL DECEIT, TELLING THE TRUTH IS A REVOLUTIONARY ACT.” GEORGE ORWELL (1902-1950)…TRACK
Do you think we can start a truth revolution???
Nobody wants to look bad in others eyes, if they can help it!!!…TRACK
That is true but pretty soon nobody is actually who they present themselves to be to others. I would rather know someone with their faults and shortcomings than think I know someone who has been lying and are not who they really are.
My college roommate went out with a guy for three years who pretended to be attending the same college as the two of us were attending. He actually never was a student but was dealing drugs on campus. You wouldn’t know it by looking at him.
He could not tell the truth even about something you would never need to lie about in the first place. It took my roommate a long time to get over feeling stupid and foolish for falling for all his lies.
That is true but pretty soon nobody is actually who they present themselves to be to others. I would rather know someone with their faults and shortcomings than think I know someone who has been lying and not who they really are.
My college roommate went out with a guy for three years who pretended to be attending the same college as the two of us were attending. He actually never was a student but was dealing drugs on campus. You wouldn’t know it by looking at him.
He could not tell the truth even about something you would never need to lie about in the first place. It took my roommate a long time to get over feeling stupid and foolish for falling for all his lies.
I now know what you mean. Check out today’s post about yesterday’s incident. I found myself in exactly the situation you mentioned. I didn’t want to look bad or foolish in someone else’s eyes so I took the easy route and I confess, I lied. Its always amazing how God finds a way to humble me when I am too proud. Even using co-workers in unconventional ways.
GOD gets us all that way,
…TRACK