the good, the bad, and the ugly dust bunnies...

hello everyone...

Hope your weekend was good.

I've had better - but that's life,

isn't it?

The good, the bad, and the ugly. ;-)

i wanna share this with all of you,

to remind us ALL that we need to look deeper sometimes

than just what we see on the surface.

Recently, a local man who is married with children

and respected by the community

did something a little funky.

He stopped paying his bills, including his mortgage.

While he was doing this,

he was posting on facebook

about how to be successful

and how to market yourself as a leader.

He usually dressed in a suit.

He was creating his self image

as an intelligent leader,

when he was anything but.

Long story short, they almost lost the house

and he and his wife are separating.

While i don't know the whole story,

i know enough to know 

that he was living two lives

for whatever reason.

He obviously wanted something different

than what he was living,

or he was projecting something different

than who he really was.

It got me thinking about how many more out there

are projecting something

or someone, they are not?

Healers who claim to have the "gift" to heal others
when their own lives
are in shambles -
when their own hearts
need tending
before they can help anyone else.

A woman who projects the image of being a good mother

drowns her own children in a bathtub

and the neighbours almost always say

"she seemed very nice…always smiling & playing with the kids."

There is a catholic priest in a nearby community

who has several allegations against him of sexual abuse.

When the story came out in the local paper,

several more men came forward to admit that 

they had also been abused by this priest when they were young.

This same priest walks into a local business a few weeks ago

head held high,

proud as a peacock.

Invincible.

No guilt.

No shame.

His victims carry more shame than he does.

They shouldn't - but they do.

It got me thinking about how many people are out there,

projecting an image that is very different

from who they really are.

I am always very skeptical whenever i see someone

that looks (or sounds) too sparkly.

Too perfect.

Perfection = distrust (for me).

I want the messed up hair once in a while.

i want the untied shoe,

the bad day,

the dirty car,

the dirty dishes,

and the dust bunnies on the floor.

Lately, i've been seeing a lot of perfection on-line.

e-courses, workshops, seminars, e-books…

put on by people who seem to have perfect lives,

and who look like they could be

on the cover of GLAMOUR magazine.

But is this what success really is?

Does this mean they've made it, and we haven't?

Does LOOKING good actually mean BEING good?

Let's not forget that sometimes,

a pretty package is just that -

a pretty package.

And sometimes,

what people project to society

is far from who they really are

on the inside.

wishing you all a great week

filled with imperfection

and sincerity.

xox