NaKeD

Ever had that frightful dream where you wake up and find yourself at school, at work walking around and everyone is looking at you.  Most laughing, some staring in disbelief and then you look down....

...and you're totally NAKED?!?!

come on, I know you have!

Embarrased
Shamed
Exposed

Nowhere to hide.  All of you is just 'out there'.

For me it is followed with me jerking awake - hoping that it's all just a dream and I'm not actually standing among my peers unclothed.

What if we walked and lived our lives as Exposed?

How would our perspective, and those around us' perspective change?

No coat to ward off the cold.  The bitter emotions would sting a little more - like the frigid wind.  But maybe our own words would be less biting if we were saying them from a state of exposure.

The folly that suggests that a certain outfit, lifestyle or attitude makes us who we are might be replaced with a new awareness of just how silly we all look in the buff and maybe our laughter and genuine self would be expressed clearer.

Thankfully you DON'T have to undress to be NaKeD like this.  Just think of the pretenses that WE ALL live under.  Yours and mine may not be the same, but there are those things that make us feel elevated above others around us.  What if all those were stripped away?

What if...

...the Pastor stood in the pulpit...

...the Police Officer directed traffic...

...the Window Washer cleaned his panes...

...the Politicians debated...

...NaKeD?!

This might all seem silly.  But what if I told you that I am getting NAKED?

Open to who I am, who I'm becoming inside and letting that be seen!!