Um - Can I have a Refund Please: Proof that I am just Like you
Posted: Thursday, May 28, 2009
by Teresa Ortiz
Freelance writer/Speaker
I am writing to all my friends and fans because I fear some of you may have been putting me on a pedestal of sorts and I cannot let it go on any longer.
While I appreciate the accolades, I must be honest and remain as humble as possible.
Therefore, I am going to share a few things with you, which I pray will bring me down to ground level in your eyes. I truly want you to know that I am just like you, I put my pants on both legs at a time and I must put a stop to your thinking I am all that and more.
Okay, sit down, you might take this a bit hard, and I don't want you to risk getting hurt, should you fall in disbelief at my humanity.
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So last week I was feeling good about my accomplishments; laundry done, shopping out of the way, bills paid, yada, yada, yada. Then as I often do, I had a brilliant idea; write the rent check and offering check now, that way I don't have to rush later when the time comes to pass them on.
Sunday was a great day; my hubby was by my side in church for the first time in a long time. Having the offering check pre-written was icing on the cake. This meant I wasn't rushing to write the check as the offering plate came by making the signature and amount legible, which would make the church secretary happy. O yes, I was shinning that day.
On Wednesday, as my great fortunate would have it, I did not have to mail the rent check. My landlord happened to be shopping in the same store as me imagine that.
"Kathy, wait a minute, I have your check in my purse."
I proudly opened my wallet and upon pulling out the check, I noticed the payee was not Kathy, but Faith Center instead.
"Um, Kathy, you're not going to believe this, but this is my offering check so this means your rent check went in the offering basket at church".
"Oh, don't worry Teresa; just come by the house tomorrow." "Okay", I say.
"Hi Gwen, it's Teresa, I accidentally put my rent check in the offering basket."
"Yes, I saw that, the check is already in the mail back to you." "Thanks Gwen."
As it turned out, Thursday I ended up very sick and went to the doctor and learned that I have a sinus infection. This sent me home straight to bed, which meant I didn't go by Kathy's house.
Finally, the end of the week -- I guess I had better go by Kathy's, but first I will stop by the post office. In my box was a lone envelope from Faith Center. I shake my head and role my eyes as I tear it open.
Attached to the check was a yellow sticky note that read "Hi Teresa, this looks like something other than a tithe, but thank you for the offering, Gwen."
Talk about embarrassing! Although it could have been worse, she could have deposited the check without noticing the payee. Can you just imagine "Um, may I have a refund please?
So you see, I am just like you, I make mistakes. I'm not all that and more.
Now that you have taken me off a pedestal, the pressure is off and I am free to be me.
I do have one request, please remain my friend and fan I wouldn't be where I am today if it weren't for you! I really, really need you... wait don't go, I can be perfect, I can be everything you need me to be...
Love to all my friends and fans ,
While I appreciate the accolades, I must be honest and remain as humble as possible.
Therefore, I am going to share a few things with you, which I pray will bring me down to ground level in your eyes. I truly want you to know that I am just like you, I put my pants on both legs at a time and I must put a stop to your thinking I am all that and more.
~~~~~
So last week I was feeling good about my accomplishments; laundry done, shopping out of the way, bills paid, yada, yada, yada. Then as I often do, I had a brilliant idea; write the rent check and offering check now, that way I don't have to rush later when the time comes to pass them on.
Sunday was a great day; my hubby was by my side in church for the first time in a long time. Having the offering check pre-written was icing on the cake. This meant I wasn't rushing to write the check as the offering plate came by making the signature and amount legible, which would make the church secretary happy. O yes, I was shinning that day.
On Wednesday, as my great fortunate would have it, I did not have to mail the rent check. My landlord happened to be shopping in the same store as me imagine that.
"Kathy, wait a minute, I have your check in my purse."
I proudly opened my wallet and upon pulling out the check, I noticed the payee was not Kathy, but Faith Center instead.
"Um, Kathy, you're not going to believe this, but this is my offering check so this means your rent check went in the offering basket at church".
"Oh, don't worry Teresa; just come by the house tomorrow." "Okay", I say.
"Hi Gwen, it's Teresa, I accidentally put my rent check in the offering basket."
"Yes, I saw that, the check is already in the mail back to you." "Thanks Gwen."
As it turned out, Thursday I ended up very sick and went to the doctor and learned that I have a sinus infection. This sent me home straight to bed, which meant I didn't go by Kathy's house.
Finally, the end of the week -- I guess I had better go by Kathy's, but first I will stop by the post office. In my box was a lone envelope from Faith Center. I shake my head and role my eyes as I tear it open.
Attached to the check was a yellow sticky note that read "Hi Teresa, this looks like something other than a tithe, but thank you for the offering, Gwen."
Talk about embarrassing! Although it could have been worse, she could have deposited the check without noticing the payee. Can you just imagine "Um, may I have a refund please?
So you see, I am just like you, I make mistakes. I'm not all that and more.
Now that you have taken me off a pedestal, the pressure is off and I am free to be me.
I do have one request, please remain my friend and fan I wouldn't be where I am today if it weren't for you! I really, really need you... wait don't go, I can be perfect, I can be everything you need me to be...
Love to all my friends and fans ,
Tereese
(Seriously guys, except for putting my rent check in the offering, I am joking and being sarcastic.)
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Top-level comments on this article: (8 total)Say it isn't so!!!(covering my ears) LA LA LA LA LA LA !!!Hello my friend and dear brother Ken. It it so! And to make my little oops not look so bad, I decided to cover it and ooze it up with arrogance -- I think it worked :-)I did so many other things backward and I was more forgetful than normal! It must be the giddyness I feel because my hubby is home. For 6 weeks! Can you believe it?!Have a blessed day! SisI am so happy for you! I pray things will go your way, Sis, you deserve it.Thank you, it means a lot to me.
more egotistical me-ism, yawn.Hi Anon, I suppose it could come off egotistical to those who do not know me and me and my sense of humor - however warped or unhumorous it may be to others.Have an incredible day. Smiles and blessings to you. Teresa
Its better to keep your feet planted squarely on level ground;pedestals are lofty and dangerous;its quite a distance to fallHi Paul from NYC,Thank you for the sound advice. I totally agree with you. This cleary - (or maybe not so cleary) is a joke, I thought saying I put my pants on both legs at a time might give it away.I suppose only those who know me get the sarcasm in this little diddy. I figured if I played an arrogance card, that would be the focus and my mistake wouldn't be so embarrassing. I also thought posting this article under humor would be a good sign that it was a joke.Anyway, thanks for reading and for leaving a stern yet kind comment, I appreciate it. Blessings to you! Teresa
This is so you. What are we going to do with you? I love you!!HA! I could hear you laughing and shaking your heard, saying yup, I can see her doing that. You didn't make that happy birthday dunce hat all the years ago for me for nothing. hahahahaha!Love you too!!
Teresa,Welcome to what I like to call my new feature film "The Pile Under the Pedestal." The story takes place anytime, anyplace world wide. It opens with people being placed one after another after another. The people down below love looking up. They love loving and getting the occasional tid bit of love from those on the pedestal.Time passes. After a fashion, the people begin to complain of stiff necks. Many are heard to say, "Hey, this ain't natural." The people quickly realize that it's those damn people on the pedestal that they've put up so high that they can't even reach now (over time the pedestal kept getting higher and higher--law of self-indulgence creates this phenomenon) that they have to keep looking up to is causing the neck problem.But now they have another problem. They can't physically get them down, so they have to do other things. And of course, the people on the pedestal ain't coming down. After all, that ego-feeding stuff tastes great!!!So the people begin looking for stuff that can make the people jump, like finding skeletons in their collective closets or putting 'em in there if there ain't any already.So after a while, it gets too uncomfortable up there and people begin jumping down. And after they get down the people are so upset by how self-involved they've been they banish them to television where they compete for openings on reality shows for has beens.And that's the name of that story. ;=)Hi Jeff,Thanks for reading and for this great philosophical reponse :-)It takes to much energy to try to live up to the expectation of others, so I don't try.Blessings to you! Teresa
hi t,this was a cute article. just when we think we have it all together....i feel the same relief when the bills are paid and the food shopping done, house clean, and clothes washed. (for the day anyway :)thanks for sharing,my best,sueHi Sue, thanks for reading. I figured my next few articles are going to be on the serious side, so I thought I would throw in a silly one :-)I suppose one day at a time is the best we should be doing, huh? :-)hugs,t
It just shows that you are human and just like the rest of us. Love ya!!This story reminded me of a joke about a church, where the congregation was so poor (How poor were they?) They were so poor that when they put their offering in the basket, they took out change.hahahaha! That is funny! You just reminded me of the time our pastor told us to remain standing for a moment. Then he said, "Everyone put your right hand up." "Great." "Now reach into the back pocket of the man sitting next you and give like you always wanted to give". It was hilarious!
Since I have never read any of the other work from this author, I couldn't understand the point of the article.Hi Jena, thanks for reading.I can see how you would not understand the point of this article, but you did nonetheless, it's because there is no point :-) It is just me rambling and being (or trying) to be silly and giving my friends a giggle.As we begin to make friends here on Searchwarp we tend to share "a day in the life of" type stuff.Thanks for reading and I do appreciate the comment. You are a new author to me as well so I am looking forward to reading your work and getting to know a bit about you.Blessings! Teresa
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