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Post by coachdoc on Jul 20, 2014 19:48:15 GMT -5
Here is a quote from a FB friend that made me think of some of the exchanges we have on this forum that take the pleasure out of my participation from time to time. They make my heart heavy, as we all have so much in common in our love of music.
'Presuming malicious intent and demonizing the other is pretty much always the worst way to make progress. At the very least it makes the journey longer, and more difficult than it need be.' KBS
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Post by millring on Jul 20, 2014 19:54:22 GMT -5
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Post by RickW on Jul 20, 2014 19:59:19 GMT -5
Great quote, John.
I've been watching all the news about the airliner downed in the Ukraine. We are all madly being lead towards believing that it was the Russian rebels, with the help of the Russian army. Yet, we're not there, we don't know what's happening, we don't know the truth. It's a war zone, with people on the ground horrified at what they see. Maybe they are trying to do the right thing. Maybe they don't know what to do. Maybe they are messing with everything. Everyone wants to hate them so badly, but we really don't know what has happened.
It's so easy to get angry. Some things are worth getting angry about. But I don't know if I'm getting angry in the right direction, for the right reasons.
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Post by Cornflake on Jul 20, 2014 20:08:41 GMT -5
The older I get, the more I realize that anger is one of the worst sins. If we characterize it as "righteous" and therefore permissible, we kid ourselves.
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Post by coachdoc on Jul 21, 2014 20:25:00 GMT -5
Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiving, but that you deserve peace.
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Post by Cornflake on Jul 21, 2014 20:40:41 GMT -5
That's not quite the right reason, according to my lights, but it's a good one for people with different lights. The primary victim of anger is the person who feels it.
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Post by Russell Letson on Jul 22, 2014 0:18:14 GMT -5
A common representation of Anger or Wrath in medieval Seven Deadly Sins iconography is a man stabbing himself.
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