Openness

I have found that I can be a really "open" sort of person. I haven't always been this way and can have a tendency to put up a front. The thing is, I have gotten to the point where, once I've gotten to know someone a little, I'll pretty much answer anything about myself they want to know. Was I a jerk in high school? Yes, sometimes. Have you ever been drunk? Yes, many times. Do you still sin? Of course, all the time. Do you sometimes doubt God's plan for you or feel like it's not what you really want? Frequently. Have you ever been arrested? Yes, more than once.
You see, I'm comfortable putting a lot of these things on my blog and I may get an earful later from people who think you shouldn't put so much or reveal so much in a blog that anyone can see but, at times, inhibitions do just that. They inhibit you. I even tell a lot of these things to my high school students hoping that maybe they can learn first, that I'm not on some sort of pedestal as a perfect specimen to be seen and also, so maybe they can learn from some of my mistakes instead of making those mistakes on their own. I may be totally deluded in this idea but I hope not.