{"id":3707,"date":"2012-07-16T09:31:36","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T16:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/?p=3707"},"modified":"2012-07-16T09:31:36","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T16:31:36","slug":"a-critique-of-moi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/2012\/07\/16\/a-critique-of-moi\/","title":{"rendered":"A Critique of Moi?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Here’s our impurity. We’re a spring that pours forth both good water and bad. By nature it shouldn’t be. But it is our nature.<\/p>\n

That’s why our Ecclesiastical friend advises, Do not pay attention to every word people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you\u2014for you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.<\/strong>*<\/p>\n

As Miss Piggie would say, \u201cMoi?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

They would criticize moi<\/em> . . . with my right behavior, exemplary action and pure motive most of the time? Certainly anybody that would possibly find fault with anything I have ever done or said just hasn’t understood me.<\/p>\n

Where’s their sense of grace, their sensitivity, their larger perspective, their sense of humor?<\/p>\n

They should know I’m like Garrison Keillor’s Norwegian Bachelor Farmers<\/em>, \u201cpure mostly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Or, like Gilbert and Sulivan’s Captain of the Pinafore<\/em>, who bad language or abuse he does never use!<\/p>\n

\u201cWell . . . hardly ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, of course, I’m appalled when I overhear someone saying even the slightest slight against my mostly pure, mostly good show of actions and words. They should at least assume that I meant<\/em> well, and even did<\/em> well, from my perspective which, of course, is the one that is right and true.<\/p>\n

Isn’t this so with you too?<\/p>\n

People!!!!<\/p>\n

Ah, but who can control what others will say? We might as well assume that each of us is part of their conversation, at least at moments, and the grade we’re given isn’t always \u201cA-plus-plus,\u201d even if that’s what we deserve.<\/p>\n

We know we haven’t always judged others so high.<\/p>\n

So it’s best not to sneak peaks at the report cards or eavesdrop on private conversations.<\/p>\n

Best to give some space. Maybe we’ll receive some in return.<\/p>\n

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__________________<\/p>\n

*Ecclesiastes 7:21,22<\/p>\n

Next: The Value of Wisdom’s Rebuke.<\/em> Coming Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s one that reminds that how we’re seen is often the same way we see others, shudder, not so good. (Best not to know.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3707"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3707"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3776,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3707\/revisions\/3776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}