naive or a visionary?

“I’m such an idealist that it’s not okay.”

That’s what one of the girls in my RUF small group said last week.  There are times when I feel the same way about myself.

I went for a job interview about a week and a half ago.  I didn’t get the job.  My mom thinks it was because I was “too honest” during the interview.  I didn’t have much to say to that, but man did a lot of stuff go through my head.

“Why can’t I be honest?  Why would I ever want to get hired under false pretenses?”

I asked Lizabeth later if there was a place in the world of healthcare administration for someone like me.

“Are you one of those people who looks at the big picture?” she asked.

“…Yeah.”

“You know what they call that?”

“Uh…I don’t know.”

“It’s called being a visionary.  Organizations need people like that.”

I really, really hope she’s right.

[ image by Mykl Roventine ]