Loop day.
I’m in an airport waiting to fly out. A snowstorm is hitting exactly where I’m heading, so we have a 3 hour delay.
But I did a Chosen loop here early. It’s kicking up since I’m getting very soft AND courageous. An incident rose up. Not sure how lengthy this will be.
About 2 months back, while making a delivery for work, I saw a man I’d known well almost 30 years back. He got me back in church and I was there a good 15 years or so. I respected him, and I have felt inferior to him, being honest. He’s just always had more courage than I.
Well, this same guy saw me, and we talked about 30 minutes out in his front yard. I agreed to go to church with him, and I went over a month back on a work night. I enjoyed the visit, BUT I realized some discomfort. My old identity was “say YES to EVERYONE”.
He called me half a dozen times on church nights these last months, but I couldn’t/wouldn’t respond. All I knew was playing small and compliant. I never grew in that mindset.
He challenged me via text last week asking if he’d offended me. He wanted to talk. I couldn’t or wouldn’t respond.
Sitting here in this airport, I took time to respond to him. I told him he’d never offended me, but the tension I felt was why I couldn’t respond. I told him I had been making major changes in my life, and returning to old ways was very uncomfortable. I stated that me being everyone’s yes man was my old way. And I left it at that.
I’ve broken into quiet tears a number of times while writing this.