Wide Open Part II, Invitation

Men of Fuel;

 Ever been upset about being invited somewhere?

 Think about that for a second.  Have you ever gotten angry about being extended an invitation?

 I have thought about this and don’t think I can’t think of a time where the “invitation” upset me.  I can point to countless times where I declined an invitation, but I can’t pinpoint a single time when an invitation upset me.  As a matter of fact I can even point to times when I declined an invitation but was still appreciative of the invite.  I clearly remember a time when I was in eighth grade, being asked by a girl to a dance she was having at her school.  I said no, but was still pretty fired up that a girl had asked me to a dance.  The fact that I am 45 and still remember that might point to the fact that it had an impact on me.

 Ever been upset about not being invited someplace?

 I didn’t have to spend as much time thinking about this one.

 Again, it didn’t seem to matter if I was going to accept the invite or not.  I bet all of us could point to a time where we weren’t invited to something, that we wouldn’t have been able to go to, or even wanted to go to, and we were still bummed by the fact that we weren’t invited.

 What is it about an invitation that’s so powerful?

 Please accept this as in invitation to discuss this tomorrow morning, as we continue our series “Wide Open”

 See you in the am.

D.R. Carlson