Bruised People. We all have our heroes the people that we admire in their attributes the things that attract us to them. Those elements of their personality are bright, like the proverbial moth to the flame. We are drawn to those attributes that the person possesses. As an example, I’ve always held Theodore Roosevelt in high regard. I liked the fact that he was self-made physically. I liked the fact that he was of his essence. That he carried himself with his beliefs and his opinions and made it strong.
Engulfed
He had a will to power for himself and he became engulfed in that. Roosevelt went from being a man and was able to deal with the death of his mother and his wife within 24 hours under one roof, to a man who overshot his abilities and wound up in the Amazon jungle in a distress situation. His physical body was no longer capable to do with his mind wanted him to do. He may well be what we could call Bruised People.
We become immersed in these attributes, we become enticed, like that moth to the flame. The fact of the matter is that it’s an over-rotation. That it is a position. That we pull out of the person, out of their personality putting it under a microscope. Shining a bright light on to it and then begin to copy it.
People Are Complex
What we should do and what this recommendation is, is that we should realize people are complex. That their characters are more than one-dimensional and we know this. Yet when we look at the greats of history and the people that we want to emulate we seem to set some of that aside. Ignore it.
I’m going to suggest that you don’t ignore it. That we balance them in the discerning light. That we understand that there are complex people. It’s kind of like my mother used to say when we would get an apple that had a bruise on it. She wouldn’t say throw the apple away. She’d say “Just eat around the bruise.”
Everybody Has Their Blemishes
Everybody is a complex person. Everybody has their blemishes and everybody has their greatness. And when you acknowledge the blemishes or the bruises you can eat around it.
You can still see it but not consume it. And sometimes that bruise, those blemishes, the error of their personality is as important as that bright shiny light that draws us.
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