The Fool Fools No One

October 25th, 2012

You can identify fools just by the way they walk down the street!*

This one from Ecclesiastes comes with a knowing smile, for who hasn’t seen it? What’s most amusing is how long ago this was said. Apparently there truly is nothing new under the sun.

Here’s a guy, his robe belted precariously somewhere between his buns and his knees, swashbuckling along in his affected superiority. It’s hard to think what he was thinking when he got out of bed at noon and dressed himself, except what a show he’d make. Of course, he’s right.

Check the expression: the curl of the lip, the droop of the lids, the mouth in perfect sullenness. How about the shoulders, nicely sloped, along with the spine, and a handshake that feels like spaghetti.

But he’s cool.

Not that the male gender has the whole corner on that market. It’s pretty common to notice a woman, young or old, who seems to think she’s projecting one thing but is actually revealing another . . . the state of her mind.

Funny about our fallenness, we don’t see our self-deceptions but everybody else does.

What’s inside always comes out, even in the way we walk.

Best to just be sure the mind is straight, then so will be the gait.

 

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*Ecclesiastes 10:3, New Living Translation

Next: Avoid Extremes, Even Good Ones. Coming Monday.

7 Comments

  1. Norm Oct 25, 2012
    9:22 am

    Your last line says it all, Hyatt. Good one!

  2. Lisa Carden Oct 25, 2012
    9:33 am

    Love your drawing, Hyatt.

  3. Anne Oct 25, 2012
    10:27 am

    I like this!

  4. Carolyn Oct 25, 2012
    1:36 pm

    Thank God the goal is progress not perfection; the leg that limps learns to lean on the Lord. Good thing, because I started the race a day late and face down in the dirt. It’s not our job to judge our neighbor’s stride because only the Lord knows his handicaps. Encouragement strengthens the weak. It is our job to keep our eyes fixed on the author and finisher of our faith. If not, we’ll end up getting the wind knocked out of us.

  5. rita Hopper Oct 25, 2012
    9:33 pm

    Right on! The inside shows on the outside!

  6. Kim Oct 26, 2012
    4:04 pm

    My Rolfing Movement teacher used to say, “The way we walk across the room is the way we walk through life.”

  7. lisa hoyt Oct 26, 2012
    8:14 pm

    Love this Hyatt! I have always been one to show exactly how I am feeling on the inside——— all over my face! Also by my actions and body language! I would love to have been more of a poker faced person! But woefully —at least woefully from some respects——— I cannot do it! :) So, I need to stay close to my true Father! This definitely has always been my best defense! Blessings! Lisa