Much of my earlier life was living an incongruent life. Which is to say, my intentions and actions didn’t always match. Because I speak about the importance of this across the country, a friend was kind enough to point out that my Facebook is sometimes confusing for some.

On one hand I speak about Love, Tolerance, Patience, Understanding. On the other, my posts sometimes veer into less than compassionate, particularly about politics. Those two concepts don’t really go together. In order for me to be true to myself, I have to have consideration for others. That’s who I am.

I haven’t always taken into consideration the feelings of others who have differing views to mine on the subject of politics. This is one of those situations were sometimes, my passion, gets the better of me. On matters related to the care and concern of my tribe, the LGBTQ community I can become quite heated.

Let me be clear. There’s plenty of intolerance on the other side. My job however is to look at my own feet. Take a look at the surrounding path I’ve taken. Ensure it’s clean, without harming others along the way. What others do on their side of the street is none of my business. This is one of the biggest challenges at times of living a God-centered life. It’s one thing for someone to say something hateful or harmful to me. I can certainly take a verbal punch. I’ve been taking them most of my life. What you think of me is not only none of my business, I’ve learned that the energy it takes to keep you happy, or have you like me is too much. Energy is finite. Being at this stage of my life, I’ve conceded to the truth that has always existed that none of us knows how many years lie ahead. All of us of course, do not know how much time is left – but for the friends who are aging, I can attest we’ve had these conversations and are mostly in agreement that too much time has been spent in the past, trying to get others to like, love, or accept us. I’d prefer to utilize my finite resource of energy for other pursuits. Mostly to let the people I know who reflect the love, care and concern I give others, back to me. For those that don’t – great. Have disdain for me if you will, but please do it on your side of the street. I’m doing my best to keep mine swept.