Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Sincere, you’ve got to be sincere

   

   Who’s the character who sang in that musical that line?  I can see the dear student in the SPHS version as well as the actor in movie with Dick Van Dyke. But time or something has erased all the names from my memory, at least for the moment.  Of course they’ll come back to me later in the day. Or I’ll look them up on the never ending memory of WWW.

       Never mind.  Sincerity is my topic this minute, mulling how difficult or uncomfortable it often feels to be sincere with myself.  Or God.  There’s a waxy sensation of  “wish to be good, maybe pure” that lays on my chest, sternum to heart: fake sincerity.  Dear God:  I will reach out anyway. But aren’t  I a little bit old for “ fake it till you make it”? 

   And will listen to Lee most every morning, since he strikes me as uber sincere.  

   And this I do mean:  Dear God, Beloved Jesus, walk with me today all day, every moment stay in my consciousness.  Please bless my tribe, again, too numerous to name here, but I picture them day in, day out. Bless them with what they need 

 And thank you for this brilliant peaceful life.

  And I must have needed Conrad Birdie and “Bye, Bye Birdie” today, ta very much.

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