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      A boss told his employee, "I taught you everything you know--and you still don't know anything!"

       “The fundamental cause of trouble in the world is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”
― Bertrand Russell, Mortals and Others 1: American Essays 1931-35

        “A prig is a fellow who is always making you a present of his opinions.”
― George Eliot, Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life

        “No doubt it is true that there is more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner repented than over all the saints who consistently remain holy, and the rare, sudden gentleness's of arrogant people have infinitely more effect than the continual gentleness of gentle people.         Arrogance turned gentle melts the heart.”
― Booth Tarkington, The Magnificent Ambersons

        “How can one absolve intelligent men for engaging in arrogant and demented folly?”
― C.R. Strahan

              With November drawing closer and the accompanying political opinions... the season for name calling increases by leaps and bounds.

      And so I got to thinking... if you speak or write of an individual who disagrees with you as "stupid" or "worse names even than that" is it possible you are also "stupid" or "worse names even that that" because you disagree with them?

      Is it possible that two people reaching differing opinion from the same set of facts are being equably reasonable and unreasonable.   

      I know in the last 50 years my political leanings have changed.  I will not name whether you can call me a Centrist, a Republican or Democrat because if I did it would simply mean that I would then be denigrated by a different collection of people...who promptly saw me as "stupid" or "worse names even that."

      And therein lies our problem, as old as time and as unfortunately sure to continue.

      In short...cool it...respect that other person and their opinion...cease to grow quite so angry at he or she who is disagreeing with you on a political, or personal or church issue. 

      Love them, not necessarily their ideas, as much as you want them to respect you. 

      The lunatic fringe is always with us.  Ah now, which lunatic fringe am I talking about...

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       QUOTE FROM THOUGHT PIECE POSTED ON WYRICK'S WRITINGS THURSDAY  APRIL 5 FROM THOUGHT ENTITLED "Who Are You?  Whose Are You?"

       This is an old quote, and a romantic one as well but, nevertheless, can anyone say of you, “I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.”

            QUOTE FROM THOUGHT PIECE POSTED ON WYRICK'S WRITINGS TUESDAY APRIL 3 FROM THOUGHT ENTITLED

" WHEN A NATION STRAYS TOO FAR FROM BEING MORAL IT IS WELL ON IT'S WAY TO BECOMING A MESS

        James 4:17

To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin.

        Someone once said: “A belief is what you hold, a conviction is what holds you!”

        So what holds you, constructs you, leads you with a push when needed?

       Quotes POSTED ON WYRICK'S WRITING THURSDAY MARCH 29th THOUGHTS ENTITLED WHO ARE YOU?

NO…WHOSE ARE YOU?

        In a Peanuts cartoon strip Peppermint Patty is shown talking to Charlie Brown.

“Guess what, Chuck? It’s the first day of school and I got sent to the principal’s office.

And it’s your fault!”

Charlie Brown responds, “My fault? How could it be my fault? Why do you say everything is my fault?”

To which she declares, “You’re my friend, aren’t you, Chuck? You should have been a better influence on me.”

In the comics, it’s funny… but in real life it’s much more complicated.

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          Yes, God loves you the way you are but he loves you too much to let you stay that way.

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