And This Is My Oubliette...

 

 

   The Oubliette, a place of forgetting as defined by the French.  We all have a part of ourselves trapped away in the depths of a dungeon.  Mistakes made, things we would rather forget, secrets that we keep chained at the bottom... Isn't it better to just let it all out?  Whatever is in the dark eventually comes to light and just as the oubliettes of old, light is shed even into the deepest of cells almost as if it were calling to whatever is trapped.

 

 

 

 

 

   It is almost certain that we all have did things we were not proud of and we all have mistakes to deal with whether it is in the present, near, or far future.  There are some things a rehabilitation facility can not solve and being carted off to a correction facility would be overkill. I am talking about the addictions and crimes we commit within our minds, hearts, and socially.  We tend to throw ourselves into the oubliette so we will not have to remember bad choices but there is still light shining into the calaboose, beckoning us to step into the light which is far better than being immured within the confines of your own prison.  Whatever we keep locked away can not benefit us.  That does not necessarily mean you have to blurt out all your personal secrets but that we should reflect on mistakes and mishaps so that we have a clear understanding as to how that situation came about as well as how to prevent a reoccurring incident. 

 

 

  We can better ourselves by simply committing to an effort to be the best person we can be whether it is morally, physically, mentally, or emotionally.  A committed attitude simply keeps you out of the clink.  When you can go home at the end of the day with a clear conscience knowing you stuck to your commitments you sleep a lot better.   Sometimes it may come the point where overly critical people will not forgive a mistake and we have to live with it.  For example your boss may not understand why you refused extra work and certainly did not appreciate you telling him how poorly ran his company is. Although you just did not want to work over time you, like the majority of people, got offended and started making excuses why you were not going to stay late after normal hours.  From this point you have two or three options 1.) go to work everyday like nothing happened but the impression you left upon your boss will eventually come to head, 2.) get it out in the open and apologize and hope that management won't try to 'punish' you in spite of the apology (which some do), 3.) find another place of employment unless you know you can not afford to do that.

   A foot in the mouth prevents you from walking, which is probably the reason why so many people fall into an oubliette in the first place.  Choose your words carefully and if you find yourself in enclosed in a deep dark pit climb out.  I am sure others you care about, and those who care about you can boost you out of the prison because they are probably down there with you and if not it is always good to have someone on the outside to help you, not to look down on you, as they are in a position to, but throw down a life line.



As always be blessed...