say it like it is...

There is a dormant list tacked on her refrigerator door. It is on sterdy red paper written nicely meant to hold a place in a book. She put it there at eye level hoping the words would hold a place in her heart. The list goes like this:

Celebrate life.
Keep it simple.
Laugh out loud.
Cherish friendships.
Say it like it is.
Make people smile.

Celebrate life, laughing out loud, and making people smile were the lessons she got and totally enjoyed. Not easy but they have given her a lot of satisfaction.

Keep it simple is a tough go because her mind goes a mile a minute in all kinds of directions. So it is a work in process.

To think she thought cherishing friendship would be her most easy task, has a been her nightmare. Scraping this notion gave her the eyes to see that cherishing family should be her start.

Now comes 'say it like it is'. This does not sit well with her. Like today for instance there is a woman that she works with that is plain out rude. She has been fighting an internal battle at being nice. She tries every day to not slander and to be peaceable. So how does she be nice and say it like it is that "hey, this type of talk is the problem......"