Fawlty Showers 2

Sugar-Free Honesty

We stood together for a moment or two. I wanted to tell him he was definitely going to recover, that he would become a great father.

Instead, I said, “You can do it.”

He laughed. “They pay you to say I’m going to recover.”

I laughed too. “I’m not saying you will. I’m saying you can.”

We talked about his chances and how he could improve them.  I was honest with him about the difficulties ahead.

“Damn. I liked it better when I thought you were saying I would recover. Do you have to be brutally honest?”

“Means I’m being honest when I say you can.”

 

Today I’ll encourage someone without sugarcoating their situation.

 

Fawlty Showers 2 is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the characters and anyone you might know is purely coincidental.

Other works by Ken Montrose are available at:

• www.greenbriartraining.com 
• https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B001K8MG0S