On Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 2:28:34 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> 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.

For me, my father-in-law's funeral in June 2016.

Cindy Hamilton