Real Life Real Faith March Edition | Page 13

Conversations with Angel

Angelia Vernon Menchan

Hard Truths...

One of the most difficult things in the world is acceptance of truth,

Particularly, when it is a truth that is painful or one we wish were different,

Last night when I sat in church, my pastor was truth-telling,

And I could see he was ministering as much to himself as to us,

Because we all struggle, when we have to admit a thing is different than what it is,

I have had to face that so many times in my life,

Most especially, when I decided to write books,

I knew initially what I was trying to do, I think,

And I did that, but after listening, I was unsure,

So I tried to do something else, and it felt false to me,

But I limped through it, hoping against hope it would work,

It actually did, but not in a way that was right for me,

So I pumped the brakes, stopped short, went back to the truth,

My truth, boy, was it painful, folks were calling me a fool,

Sometimes, almost in my face, but it was good pain,

Cleansing,

So I went back to doing what I was meant to do and how I was meant to do it,

And I can see where I was going and loving how it looks,

A Hard Truth,

The same is true with my people,

I have some ties that are as shredded as the strings in old tennis shoes,

I feel that if the next time I put them on and tie them, they are going to fall apart in my hand,

So I leave them in the closet, not wearing them because I know, I need knew running shoes,

Hard Truth,

The good thing about Hard Truths though is this,

When you learn it, you learn it,

And only speaking for me,

I make sure that whenever I see the path that leads down that road,

I know that I only need the truth to set me free once,

So I go another route,

It may take a bit longer to get where I am going,

But man is it a more enjoyable journey....