tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15299229.post4333704572850920258..comments2024-01-03T19:16:11.059-08:00Comments on Beautiful Life: "Your Decisions Determine Your Destiny"No(dot dot)elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10578214325474193322noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15299229.post-60969495065332649032008-05-26T15:07:00.000-07:002008-05-26T15:07:00.000-07:00louie you can take up my space anytime.this new wo...louie you can take up my space anytime.<BR/>this new world of realism is still a bit hard for me to swallow but in time i might just get used to it. then again, i may just swallow the pill of being naive and call it a day. <BR/>thanks for being a non slogan speaking person. i really, really appreciate that about you.No(dot dot)elhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10578214325474193322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15299229.post-37817223845995699072008-05-23T09:57:00.000-07:002008-05-23T09:57:00.000-07:00I have heard many, many slogans & statements that ...I have heard many, many slogans & statements that are offered up, many of them dug up out of a 'leadership' book & then liberally applied with equal doses of 'verses' (proof-texting anyone?) to back up what the slogan says. And the more its repeated, the more it takes on a "this is God's way" or like you said, a "theology" of its own. (I've got nothing against John Maxwell - but I don't think we should quote him or anyone, equal with the Gospel of John...)<BR/><BR/>I chafe at these because underneath the thin veneer of the slogan is a self-focused, performance based, load of shinola that says:<BR/><BR/><I>If you make good decisions, good things will happen. If you don't, bad things will.</I><BR/><BR/>What's implied when people go through life difficulties? You're only 'reaping' what you sowed. If you'd made different decisions, you wouldn't be experiencing this. Call it "Christian karma theology" or "watching out for #1 & then judge the crap out of everyone who doesn't do it <I>right</I>"... either way, its largely a Western, Americanized, business-model religion that chews up & spits out people left & right in Jesus name. <BR/><BR/>I've taken too much of your space - but I feel the heart of what you're saying - & have my own list of slogans that maybe one day I'll air. It's funny because even thinking of repeating them makes me think of the people who said them as a mantra... & reminds me that teachers will be held to a high standard for what they've passed on to others. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for listening No..el. And if you read to the bottom of this, you rock. And I would like to talk more about this topic with you, cause I like the person that you are, even if it means you're coming over to the 'realist' instead of the eternal optimist side. :)scoeydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08206026108447779886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15299229.post-42667290755222091462008-05-22T15:40:00.000-07:002008-05-22T15:40:00.000-07:00laura- i commented already.hope you enjoy that.you...laura- i commented already.hope you enjoy that.<BR/>your method is like my own but for some strange reason i had so many drafts in there from forever ago. dunno what that was all about.<BR/>if it feels good slogan is definetley not one that is well thought out now is it??No(dot dot)elhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10578214325474193322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15299229.post-70515836637195274882008-05-22T08:39:00.000-07:002008-05-22T08:39:00.000-07:00first, i want to tell you that i posted a blog kin...first, i want to tell you that i posted a blog kind of aimed toward you... but wanted you to know that it is all in good fun, and i hope it didn't hurt your feelings:)<BR/><BR/>second... i usually just post, unless it is a long and thoughtful post, or a story i am telling, then i might save and go back to add or edit after i have thought about it some, or if i am interrupted (which rarely happens in this house...hahaha!) i will come back to it later.<BR/><BR/>third... i will think about your slogan question, its a good one. i used to have the "if it feels good, do it" mentality, but i don't necessarily know if at the time i knew that that was the slogan for my life:)laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18043149275606901922noreply@blogger.com