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March 16 Taking Care of Your EnemyPaul was very wise. In his letter to the Romans he gave advice that still works. I refuse to say negative things about those who have angered me or consider themselves my enemies. I am on a campaign to be positive and react to all things with a good attitude. This has lead to a great improvement in my over all outlook, physical and mental well beings! Romans 12 (New International Version) 17Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be
careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. 18If it is possible, as far as it
depends on you, live at peace with everyone. 19Do not take revenge, my friends, but
leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I
will repay,"says the Lord. 20On the contrary: "If your
enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to
drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head." 21Do not be overcome by evil, but
overcome evil with good.
March 10 Not Me There Must be Someone Else Who Can Do It!You need to fix this, that or the other, you should have done this, that or the other, when are you doing to do this, that or the other?
Those of us who chose to spend an inordinate amount of time doing volunteer work hear these kinds of comments all of the time. The speaker always assumes that he or she is busier and has more important "other" activities than you do. Most people have a real problem with empathy, they can not put themselves in other peoples shoes. They make assumptions about other's motivations and intentions based on their own. Please just step out of yourself and try to see someone else's perspective before the words "I am too busy to do that" come out of your mouth ask a few questions and see what kind of work that volunteers does ask them about their free time. You might just find out you are not as busy as you thought. March 01 Whispers Sometimes Speak VolumesSilence is good. Sitting here in the Texas PTA State Convention Meeting I am listening to whispers from Board of Director Members (and maybe one is an officer).Whispers can bounce back on whisperers in ways that you can't probably imagine. But remember that sitting in front of you might be someone who may have been considering joining your ranks, volunteering to do service at a higher level. The snickering and derisive comments you made under your breath may have affected my opinion of the group as a whole. I have a new bias, because I see yet another faction or clique where none should exist. I wanted to be an advocate, I wanted to help you fulfill the mission and purposes of the PTA. Instead, I will stick to my corner of the world and do what I can there at the local or maybe council level. You may have lost big, but we have no way to measure the loss to the organization as a whole. I may not have been the only one who was able to overhear you. Really, I know that you are not the PTA, so your behavior will not cause me to change my course. IT will however, make me think about gossip and whispering at my next meeting. If I am sitting in the back, come sit with me I will be trying hard to model good meeting behavior. If you read this and recognize yourself I would love to hear from you and share my love of PTA with you and my dislike of gossip and whispers. |
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