are you the kind of person that, when relaying a message, summarizes or paraphrases it? or do you feel that to be accurate, you must give it word by word? i've discovered, though not usually conscious of it, that i am the type who must give it fully. as i watch movies or shows, it drives me nuts when the person knows the whole story, but only passes on part of it. or in the show "ghost whisperer", the spirits tell her messages to convey and as they do this, she's paraphrasing it as briefly as possible or doesn't say it at all. drives me crazy! so, as i thought about this, i recognized what i'm sure is one of many annoying qualities about me...that when someone knows something, they should know the whole story...at least when it's pertaining to me or my family. i feel that we treat people differently in situations when we have different amounts of information as to what is involved...feelings, physical circumstances, etc. so with this in mind, we may all become better at being nice on the road. and the messages that are given to someone else through us should be passed on as received. it is the person whom it is ultimately intended for who should do with what he wants once he gets the full message. being accurate is being honest. if you leave things out or "just didn't tell them everything" or "stretch the truth a little", can you truly call yourself honest? although this may make me a bit neurotic, at least i feel good that i can pass on the information honest and accurate.
i hope some of that made an ounce of sense, seeing as though it's after 2 am. i can't sleep because i hear a bear in my bed and my ambien hasn't quite kicked in. i read somewhere that if you have trouble sleeping, don't just lay there and hope you'll doze off. do something else to get you really tired. thus, the reason i'm blogging. but it seems that the sleep pill is finally working, so i'm outta here.
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