On Sun, 2 Dec 2018 14:20:09 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 12/2/2018 12:54 PM, Bruce wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>
>I use that rule and skip every Sunday.



I can't remember the last time I saw the inside of a church.