On Sun, 2 Dec 2018 11:39:08 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 12/2/2018 10:29 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 10:21:21 AM UTC-5, wrote:
>>> On Sun, 2 Dec 2018 07:12:12 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I never appreciated why pride was one of the seven deadly sins until
>>>> Kuthe started ranting about his wonderfulness.
>>>>
>>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>
>>> At boarding school in my day, you were going to get hit if you bragged
>>> about yourself or what you thought you could do better than others. It
>>> would seem it was a good lesson to learn
>>
>> A certain amount of well-deserved self-praise is one thing. But the
>> incessant self-righteousness is bound to be corrosive to his own soul.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>>
>Sure, most of us have some sort of talent that we excel at. We have to
>remember though, on balance there are things we really can't do well at
>all.
>
>If you do excel at some particular task, the best way to get
>satisfaction from it is not to brag, but to use it to help someone that
>will benefit from your use of it.

Having read this, I won't have to go to church next Sunday.