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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Why Argue?

So let me know what you think. I have had my fair share of arguments in my day. Probably why I wanted to be a lawyer when I grew up. There are several topics I know a lot about and love to debate about, and there is a new one that I am becoming better and better at every day my mom says.

Topic One:
Queen Elizabeth of Tudor. Wrote papers and studied her with everything in me. I think it took me to a different time and I could escape the place I was in. She was also a very strong and brillant woman that had to over come to many things people do not even know. I mean once her father died people were trying to kill her. Over what......Religion....hmmmm Stay with me.

Topic Two:
World War II/Hilter, Again I wrote many papers, read a lot of books, took it in college, have a Grandmother that lived through/with Hitler, have another Grandmother that was Polish. That made for warm holiday greetings. My Grandmother could often be caught saying how if Hitler were alive today and what he would do with "this" country. Facinated me. There were so many different facets to the Hitler Empire it is amazing. What was this war about. Well Hitler hated the Jews and felt more than anything he was invinsible. They tried to kill him over 20 times and he always made it out alive, so no country could take him.

It was only today that I pieced these 2 favorite things of mine together. They both had to do with religion. Interested me more since at current I had thought I made piece with my brother in law in and about religion. You know I am a lot like my mom, but to her dismay, still hold a lot of my father's qualities as well.

Here is my piece of advice for today:
If you apologize, do not add an excuse.
If you mess up take it all and deal with it and don't tell me Tommy made you do it.
If someone apologizes TO you, accept graciously, and do not add editorial comments to make them feel worse, or better yet piss them off all over again.

If someone takes the time to sit down and say they are sorry, just forgive them and move on.......
Again this has to do with Religion.....You have to forgive. I am getting better at it. You have to be humble, I am getting the hang of that one, and you need to treat others with respect, and understand when people reach out to you to understand it and not make conditions.

1 comment:

  1. Oh I hate the "I'm sorry, but I just...(insert meaningless excuse here)." It's such an easy thing to fall into. I think there are times when an excuse is justified, when you feel the need to explain a bit further in search of compassion. However, when the excuse is a coverup, a way of saying, "I'm sorry, but it's not REALLY my fault and I'm not taking ownership for the mistake." That drives me crazy.

    In other news, I just read this article at work last-night regarding forgiveness. The text is a smidge convoluted at times, but the author does offer some interesting insight on our ability to forgive.

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