It’s About Character, Too

WARNING: I’m in my feelings as I write this post. So this post may step on, no crush, some toes. My apologies in advance.

I’m so tired of us, sisters, just being good workers. You know, we are good workers at church, on the job, in the community, in our families, etc. But our character is so questionable. Our gossiping, our judging, our mess making, our pot stirring, our two-facedness, etc. is causing so much headache, heartache and chaos for others. Yeah, we are good workers. We show up on time, perform the assigned tasks and do quality work all the while tearing down the people around us, especially our sisters.

Most of us are talking behind each other’s backs while smiling in each other’s faces. We are so quick to share someone else’s business without considering the hurt, shame and/or pain that we may be sharing with it. Being just a good worker is not enough. Where is our good character?

Where is kindness, honesty, sincerity, humility, love?

Where is meekness, gratitude, authenticity, compassion, integrity, loyalty?

Where is genuineness, consideration, joy?

You see, it’s about character, too. I’m encouraging each of us to look at ourselves and determine which character traits we need to keep and further develop and which we need to discard and never revisit again.

Remember, when we tear each other down, we are only tearing down ourselves because we are sisters. When one woman--our sister--hurts, it hurts all of us. We are all connected. We have more in common than not. We all bleed red blood. We all breathe the same air. We all have feelings. We all have been hurt. We all can help each other heal. We are all sisters.