Let Bertlet be Bertlet

For a few weeks now I have been watching "The West Wing". I must confess, it had been a long time since my mind was peacefully captivated by a TV show that didn't leave me feeling stupid afterwards, like I had lost way more than my time watching it. Yes, I was starting from season 1 episode 1. Turns out the show started in the late 90's and no, I had not watched it before. Anyway, yesterday I had to give it up cause of some blasphemous stuff that I just couldn't shake off.

Back to the point of this post... There was one episode that really stayed with me. I like to write cause it helps things "simmer" properly. Anyway, if you have watched it already, bear with my brief narration. The White house administration received results polling done  which indicated that they were down 5 points compared to a previous poll. These weekly polls showed their favorability among potential voters. To this result majority of the senior staff responded questioningly, "... But we did nothing last week". They were curious how such a result was possible at a time when they were being neutral about several issues, taking safe alternatives and talking about Easter eggs.

How often I seek to be like that: NEUTRAL. I don't want to upset people. I don't want to offend. I want people to like me and so I sometimes cower from making my mind up about certain issues or voicing my opinion when I have an appropriate platform. I say nothing, smile an sometimes look down or away or even at best, I may mumble some meaningless mambojambo (mumble-jumble). I think it's odd that when they did nothing, they were still "offensive" to people. It reminded me of a portion of scripture that I do not remember often enough:

“To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:

 “‘We played the pipe for you,
    and you did not dance;
we sang a dirge,
    and you did not mourn.’

 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by her deeds.” Mtt11:16-19

The episode ended with the president remembering that the reason he sought that position of leadership was so that he could speak up and influence things. He needed to be Bertlet (the president's name). Anyway, so I need to let Nuwera be Nuwera. Jesus had to be Jesus just like John the baptist had to be who God had called him to be whether or not the people "got it".