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Melody
posted by
CunningLinguist
on October 3, 2006 at 6:55 PM
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faholo, you've made some excellent observations and statements!
Thanks for sharing. I agree that anger and fear walk hand in hand. Well said!
posted by
JanesOpinion
on October 3, 2006 at 6:39 PM
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Jane you really made a good point in your entry!
I never thought how my
writtten voice affects the reader. Now I am squirmming in my seat! I will be very conscious of this in future writing. As to allowing the words of others to irritate, anger, hurt, etc. I ask myself why? Do I know if not I must find that answer? I look inward and find out what my fear is? For where there is the secondary emotion of anger there is also the primary emotion of fear. Once I discover my fear, my anger will dissipate, often I end up laughing at myself for allowing the insignificant words of another cause me to react rather than act or not act. The second thing I do is ask myself, what difference does it make tomorrow, next week, next year? In other words I look at the insignificance of the rambling words of others in comparison to important things in my and the needs of our world. Good luck! God bless and keep writing,
faholo
posted by
faholo
on October 2, 2006 at 5:55 PM
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Thanks Justi. I don't always feel kind, though . . . .
posted by
JanesOpinion
on October 1, 2006 at 6:26 PM
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Janes
I haven't been on as much lately but this is excellent and so very true. I too would strangle those TAPS walks on past. Thank God for her and for you. You have a wonderful of calling things as they are without being mean. Beblessed.
posted by
Justi
on September 29, 2006 at 6:10 PM
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Amen Blanche! I agree.
Tactful and congruent. You're coming out with some good vocabulary tonight, Friend.
posted by
JanesOpinion
on September 10, 2006 at 4:40 PM
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JanesOpinion, I think you have a good point about letting things sit
overnight, just to get more clarity, if nothing else and to calm heated reactions. I know I need to work on my own reactivity, if only to rephrase something and say it more tactfully, even if it doesn't change the way I feel, or my belief about a subject, I can always be more tactful in the way I phrase it.
posted by
Blanche.
on September 10, 2006 at 4:23 PM
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Blanche, congruent is an excellent word!
Yes, you and I are both feisty. God made us that way, but nonetheless I must work on my reactions to people who get me stirred up and mad.
With a blog that I'm writing, perhaps of a sensitive or potentially divisive nature, I will sometimes let it sit overnight and then re-evaluate it the next day to see if it is appropriate to post. That way, I avoid the heat of the moment type emotional posting. It's harder to do with commenting though . . . .
Thanks for stopping by!
posted by
JanesOpinion
on September 10, 2006 at 4:21 PM
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JanesOpinion, I guess it is hard to know how I'm being perceived, a little
like hearing my own voice on a tape recorder, it sounds different. The word "congruent" comes to mind, here, when words and actions are "congruent", they seem like a real expression of a persn's character. I'm not sure that even as Christians we're meant to be passive, and passively accept whatever comes along.
I get feisty myself, as you know, about things I believe in passionately, and so do you. I think that may be a good alternative to being apathetic.
posted by
Blanche.
on September 10, 2006 at 4:01 PM
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