Words of Wisdom
Christians ought to be willing to give more slaps on the backs and less slaps on the wrists.
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- M. Lander
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Suggestions for Women 1
Found on social media. And, for the record, in case Blogger inexplicably removes this photo, as they have done so many times in the past, here is the transcript of the meme: "Two things that black women need to lose in order to attract quality marriage-minded men: - Lose the weight. & - Lose the attitude Black women are disproportionately obese and are known for being attitudinal & difficult. The good news is that these are fixable problems." Of note: these things are certainly true of other women of all races, particularly Western women. However, the meme correctly points out that black women have these problems disproportionately. For example, of white women, the only ones that exhibit these choices on a mass scale are Liberal women. Conservative women tend to avoid these choices more often. What say you? Yes, I know you can think of an exception. Once more, I'll remind you of two facts: 1. The exception proves the rule. 2. If you hear a generaliz...
I had read something like this years ago; so I thought I should try it with my kids. I started off just trying to say one positive for each negative thing I said to them.
ReplyDelete(soon added my wife to the concept -- I'm slow, not stupid.)
Then I started trying to say 3 then 5 positive things about them.
Never was perfect at it, never really became a set in stone thing (make list, say 1,2,3.., type) but it did change my approach to dealing with them and others.
I became less negative and saw they were more willing to listen to what I had to say because they knew I recognized the good and the bad.
Thanks for the reminder to keep this up.
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Bob - good points.
ReplyDeleteWhen teaching the martial arts, it is common practice to "sandwich" constructive criticism between two praises - for the very reason you mention.
Anon - thank you for reading. Your point ties in well here. Gotta blog about the good and the bad. I try to get a little of everything.