Pride and Prejudice
No, thank you, I can do it myself. How many of us have been brought up with that attitude? How hard is it for you to accept "help" from someone. Of course there is the other end of the spectrum where some people don't want to work for themselves and think, or at least act like they think, that people owe them something. I had a friend offer to buy part of my families dinner in order for us to be able to go out with them. I did not want to say yes. The reason being was pride. I wanted to do it myself and if I couldn't then I was going to play the martyr and go to McDonalds instead of a nice sit down restaurant. Shame on me. I have been learning this lesson for some time now. I was brought up that if you can't do it yourself then you by gosh golly had better be paying somebody back and then some. I do still have that attitude a bit. When someone does something for me I want to "pay" them back more than they helped me out in the first place. There is a bit of an obligatory feeling there, but in general I just want to say thanks. I think we all need to learn to accept help, even when we don't need it. Accept a gift given. Sometimes that is hard. The ultimate gift of Jesus is a good example. Don't you find it funny that so many people feel the need to do stuff in order to feel worthy of getting that gift? How sad is that? And if you were to tell them that it is pride that is making them do that, they would argue, of course. I just find that interesting.
Here is a good work story. Well, it is sad but interesting. We have this hard core Christian guy that just started recently. He is constantly judging and condeming the people he works with. And he is always talking about a good witness. I had one of the guys come in last night saying how this dude never does his work right, how he has to go behind him and open the store properly. That this guy leaves without doing what is expected of him. I want to walk up to him and say "You talk a pretty tough talk and walk a pretty lame walk". Of course this guy obviously needs love just like the non-Christian. It just makes me kind of mad that he is preaching hellfire and brimstone and then acting like a spoiled brat.
I guess that is all. Still got 3 more days of work. You all are probably going "Three days?". "What is wrong with that girl, saying three days?". I have to tell you, once again, that being a server is very hard work. I come home aching almost every night. Good money, but very hard work. O.k. Peace
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