Going Full on Green!

Unless you have been living on Mars lately, you will be fully aware that quite recently there has been a rise in Environmental issues and the need to go “Green”. Someone from our Second-Born’s church decided to have a party with a “Green” theme, and so our second -born decided to get into the spirit of it and go “Green’’.

As he did not have much green in his wardrobe, he went out and bought some green clothes and some green Hair dye/spray to dye his hair and finished it off with Green make up grease-paint all over his face and arms, and then went to the party.

The first thing he noticed was that while there were quite a few there, very few had really gotten into the theme of the party but had gone as they normally would. The second thing that he noticed was that most people took a second look at him wondering who this “Dork” was.

And the third thing he noticed was the comments that he got from his friends, along the lines of, “You would have been the last person I would of thought of who would do that”.

All of which made me ask 3 questions myself.

1. How committed are we to the things we do or are asked to do? Do we get into the whole spirit of the thing like our second –born, or do we just make a token involvement and commitment? In other words, we turn up but otherwise take little practical involvement more than we have to!
2. Are we sometimes prepared to look like a “Dork” for a brief time to get into the spirit of things? Or are we too constantly worried about what impression we are making, to make a valuable contribution?
3. Just how well do we really know people? Do we really know what they are like? Or do we just have a superficial knowledge of them and their real character.

So in closing, how well do you “know “ the people around you, and they you: and how much of a “Dork” are you prepared to be, if the occasion arises? What say you?