Brimming Over

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There are 3 things about me that are consistent.  I listen to NPR almost everyday.  I read the Bible almost everyday and I talk too much.  This blog is designed to be a solution to my excessive talking.  (Get it?  Brimming over.)    The other 2 habits don’t seem to interfere negatively with my life.

So, the plan is that writing will exhaust my unnatural exhuberance for sharing every thought that comes into my head.  I’ll no longer interrupt my friends mid sentence, nor will I give long monologues about whatever I happen to be incensed about.  As *Richard and Martha pointed out, having my diatribes on paper will alleviate the stress people feel trying to appear concerned about what I’m saying.  They are free to engage or not at their own discretion.  Everybody wins.

*Richard and Martha are my parents. They failed miserably if they were really trying to appear interested.  I just keep talking because I can’t help it.

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Comments

  1. Paragraph 2 lays out some ambitious goals.,, 🙂

  2. Your comments on apologizes are so refreshing! Especially the call to put an end to the condescending phrase “I’m sorry you feel …” We don’t own another’s feelings, so it’s impossible to be sorry for them. We own our actions and should take responsibility for their consequences. Apologies should be about honest healing for all concerned. Without sincerity the phrase “I’m sorry” can cause more harm than good.

    • Thanks, Paula. The word that stands out for me in your response is sincerity. That is what’s missing. SINCERITY. I wish I had put that in my post, but since I didn’t I’m glad you wrote to remind me. Sincerity is everything.

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