Day 7- The Truth Can Set You Free

Switching back to TLL today, page 103 brings us to a police officer pulling Pausch over for speeding. Pausch and his wife moved to Virginia so she could be near family after his passing. The cop looks skeptically at Pausch as he comments on how he doesn't look sick. Pausch then pulls up his shirt and shows him the surgical scars. He doesn't get a ticket, just a warning.

I am not sure what this chapter is doing in this book. It is reminiscent to me of the Nikki and Paulo episode of Lost. What I think I will take from this chapter is that things are not always what they seem on the surface. We never know what someone else is going through.

I have learned through the years that often how someone acts towards you is a reaction to what is going on in their life. Things that look perfect on the outside can be flawed on the inside. I saw today a picture on Pinterest with a saying, "Maybe you should eat makeup so you can be pretty on the inside." Our insides are sometimes inexplicable to others.

When I was pregnant with my first child, I was having a major bout with nausea on my way home from work one day. I was driving gingerly and pulling slowly into McDonald's (for the cureall, french fries) and the person behind me started blowing their horn and waving lovely gestures at me. It upset me so much because I was functioning and doing my best. I wanted to throw up on that cat.

-God, please help me to be more understanding and to not take everything personal. I know people are going through things and have their own demons they are fighting. Help me to fight my own without taking it out on others. Amen.