Fine Tuning
We all have perceptions. Of ourselves, of others, of God. Most times, probably almost always, we see ourselves and others different then the reality really is. Which can often times be good when the perception is wrong but can really be BAD if the perception is Wrong!
Having people of accountability in our life is like a food critic, they have insight into what you can do to make your food better even though you may not really care. You prepare the food the way you like it and if they were to prepare the same dish, here's how they would create the dish but often times we agree to disagree on the views of what taste good or bad.
Life is like food, it's an acquired taste!
When we find that people just don't get what we are about, what we stand for, what we look like, dress like or believe in, it can often times come off as judgmental when those opinions are not invited, however; thats true accountability. We need those people to speak into our lives so that we have big picture thinking pulling us away from the canvas long enough to see where things can drastically go right or wrong if we hold things to close to the painting.
True accountability is like what a musician does before each rehearsal or performance. THEY TUNE! If a guitar is outta tune, no song it plays will be worth hearing. So no matter how the guitar sounded the day before of even 20 minutes ago, retuning helps them stay one with the band and the music they are playing. If we are not in tune with life/God, it's hard for people to hear you.
Without true accountability, we can find it hard to tune the areas of our life that sound sour. With the right accountability and Godly insight, we can move in a direction that creates a filter that hopefully helps us make right choices and learn from the wrong ones. Even though consequences occur from our actions, they are never in vain when we can learn from them so we break the patterns we have been living that got us to the point in our life.
You may be like me and many, I get frustrated when I have to explain myself to people who just have a narrow view of what I should be doing or acting or saying. Some lenses are just too narrow for people to get what you are about. However, God has created you uniquely and even when you may agree to disagree with someone, you can still store and process what they say so that you may still learn and BE AWARE of things you can do to be better in life, in work and in service to others. While parts of your circle may not be able to handle you on an 11, there are those that can and do. Balancing the knob to know when to turn up or down to meet the needs around you is part of the adventures of life. (I recommend having those moments you can open it WIDE to 11 and let it blow. It's also part of the balance we all need with those who DO get you.)
It's never easy to make those changes and it may put us somewhere we never thoughts we would be, but the reality is whatever can bring us closer to God and to be the best version of ourselves, is really the goal of any and all accountability.
That's true tuning and makes playing in the band so much more enjoyable.
Having people of accountability in our life is like a food critic, they have insight into what you can do to make your food better even though you may not really care. You prepare the food the way you like it and if they were to prepare the same dish, here's how they would create the dish but often times we agree to disagree on the views of what taste good or bad.
Life is like food, it's an acquired taste!
When we find that people just don't get what we are about, what we stand for, what we look like, dress like or believe in, it can often times come off as judgmental when those opinions are not invited, however; thats true accountability. We need those people to speak into our lives so that we have big picture thinking pulling us away from the canvas long enough to see where things can drastically go right or wrong if we hold things to close to the painting.
True accountability is like what a musician does before each rehearsal or performance. THEY TUNE! If a guitar is outta tune, no song it plays will be worth hearing. So no matter how the guitar sounded the day before of even 20 minutes ago, retuning helps them stay one with the band and the music they are playing. If we are not in tune with life/God, it's hard for people to hear you.
Without true accountability, we can find it hard to tune the areas of our life that sound sour. With the right accountability and Godly insight, we can move in a direction that creates a filter that hopefully helps us make right choices and learn from the wrong ones. Even though consequences occur from our actions, they are never in vain when we can learn from them so we break the patterns we have been living that got us to the point in our life.
You may be like me and many, I get frustrated when I have to explain myself to people who just have a narrow view of what I should be doing or acting or saying. Some lenses are just too narrow for people to get what you are about. However, God has created you uniquely and even when you may agree to disagree with someone, you can still store and process what they say so that you may still learn and BE AWARE of things you can do to be better in life, in work and in service to others. While parts of your circle may not be able to handle you on an 11, there are those that can and do. Balancing the knob to know when to turn up or down to meet the needs around you is part of the adventures of life. (I recommend having those moments you can open it WIDE to 11 and let it blow. It's also part of the balance we all need with those who DO get you.)
It's never easy to make those changes and it may put us somewhere we never thoughts we would be, but the reality is whatever can bring us closer to God and to be the best version of ourselves, is really the goal of any and all accountability.
That's true tuning and makes playing in the band so much more enjoyable.
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