I have decided to create a bubble around myself.
Hold on a moment…there, it’s done.
My new bubble is a sphere approximately four-feet-seven-inches in diameter, centered on my xiphoid process. (That’s the little cartilage thingie at the bottom of your sternum. I could have centered it on my belly button, but then you might not have taken me seriously. I find that we rarely take the belly button seriously, but that is another topic for another time.) My bubble is invisible, which is why I’m pointing it out. I wouldn’t want you to stumble into it by mistake.
I call my new creation Michael’s-no-deception-no-pretense-no-mystery-no-posing-no-evasion-no guilt-no-condemnation-straight-up-straight-forward-I’m-a-big-boy-bubble-of-grace. For discussion purposes, we’ll just call it “The Bubble.” (more…)