So, some of you may already know this story, but a good friend of mine suggested that I should write about it in my blog.
While I still working with the government, I had a job interview with Treasury Board that a friend of mine helped get in with an interview. Going in, I knew very little about the job and had expected that the crux of the meeting would go something like this....here is the job, these are the skills, day-to-day responsiblities etc. Instead, the very first question that I was asked was "Where do you see yourself in the government in the next five years?" I mean, KAPOW! Didn't see that coming at all. So I sat there, and for the life of me COULD NOT come up with anything.....except for thlis little voice inside of me that kept saying Yoga Teacher....and it kept getting progressively louder. I tried to will my brain to come up with something, but nothing came back except for yoga teacher.....
Well, what to do? I looked at the room, the ladies and internally said to myself, phuck it! I'm going to be completely honest! So I looked at them brightly and with a big smile said "I want to be a yoga teacher." Not surprisingly, I didn't get the job and Mike and I had a good laugh afterwards. But, dang, it felt so good to be that honest; even if the setting wasn't quite right. Honesty can really set you free and can help to relieve a burden that you may have been carrying around for a while.
I often look at most tv and movies and have to chuckle to think how the industry would change if this policy were endorsed; no more running around lies, telling more lies or half-truths. I mean how many sitcoms are based on some form of lie?
So, is there some truth you've known for a while, are holding on to, keeping you stuck? Let it be free (just do remember to practice some ahimsa, compassiom and love before blurting it out...I'm still learning this one).
Whenever you have truth, it must be given with love, or the message or the messenger will be rejected. - Mahatma Ghandi