{"id":4376,"date":"2015-11-08T11:55:07","date_gmt":"2015-11-08T16:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rebeccafrech\/?p=4376"},"modified":"2015-11-08T11:55:07","modified_gmt":"2015-11-08T16:55:07","slug":"true-kind-necessary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rebeccafrech\/2015\/11\/true-kind-necessary.html","title":{"rendered":"True. Kind. Necessary."},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>There\u2019s a woman from Oklahoma who I know, but not as well as I\u2019d like.\u00a0We knew each other peripherally when we lived there, and there are many days that I wish I\u2019d had the time and the opportunity to know her better. The more that I see of her family and the way that she lives (through the magic of social media), the more I\u2019d like to spend a day in her kitchen drinking tea and soaking up her wisdom.<\/p>\n<p>Her daughters started an online t-shirt business last year called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prayhustlerepeat.com\/shop\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pray Hustle Repeat<\/a>. They have some cute shirts, but there was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prayhustlerepeat.com\/shop\/true-kind-necessary-tee-2\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">one that took my breath away<\/a>\u2026not for the shirt itself, but for the message that it carries.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prayhustlerepeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/TKN-Tank-2-e1438052028507.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"379\" height=\"674\"><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">True. Kind. Necessary.<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>It was the way their mother taught them to speak to, and about, other people.<em> \u201cTake a moment,\u201d she would tell them, \u201cand ask yourself \u2018Is what I\u2019m saying true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?'\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve thought long and hard about this since I first read it a few months ago. I\u2019m a girl who likes to talk, which surprises absolutely no one who\u2019s ever met me. I love to tell stories and listen to stories. There\u2019s nothing better than an afternoon spent with skilled raconteurs (that\u2019s just a fancy way of saying storyteller, y\u2019all) as they relay the dramatic happenings of their lives.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve learned a lot from people\u2019s tales of woe and achievement. I\u2019ve sighed over lost loves and told a few\u00a0anecdotes myself, but while I try not to gossip, I don\u2019t really have much else in the way of a filter for my mouth. Until now.<\/p>\n<p>For the past week, I\u2019ve been sifting everything I say through True. Kind. Necessary. and I\u2019m finding that a lot of what I feel like I <em>have<\/em> to say doesn\u2019t actually <em>need<\/em> to be said at all.<\/p>\n<p>Over and over in the Bible, we read the admonition to Be Still and the blessing Peace Be With You\u2026and I\u2019m realizing that I\u2019m neither still nor peaceful. It\u2019s not a part of my nature, but I ache for it to be. So this is where I\u2019m starting, with my words -True. Kind. Necessary.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll see where it goes from there.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>P.S. If you wanted to buy a few shirts for yourself, I\u2019m sure they\u2019d be happy to help you. Plus their Christmas tee which reminds us to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prayhustlerepeat.com\/shop\/be-present-long-sleeve-tee\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Be Present i<\/a>s only available through the end of today.<\/h4>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a woman from Oklahoma who I know, but not as well as I\u2019d like.\u00a0We knew each other peripherally when we lived there, and there are many days that I wish I\u2019d had the time and the opportunity to know her better. 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