Tuesday; September 2
Have you noticed that it takes a lot fewer follies to ruin our good name than the number of positives to restore it – or even maintain it? It seems like it takes a lot of effort to put ourselves in a position where people respect us – but it doesn’t take many mistakes to lose our reputation. As I reread these couple of sentences, they seem to be a bit laborious – let me see if I can offer a quote that explains it better and more succinctly, “Dead flies turn a perfumer’s oil rancid, so a little foolishness is more potent than wisdom and honor.” (Ecclesiastes 10:1). Now, while this might be a bit colorful, it is true. It doesn’t take much foolishness to humiliate us! Sometimes, all it takes for us to avoid this downward spiral is to think about what we do before we do it. It doesn’t take much planning to play the fool, but if we add just a bit more wisdom, we might be able to avoid trouble. Let’s stop and think about ...