Day 321: Difficult People

(For Sunday July 13)

Yep. I'm grateful for difficult people...in the big picture of life. I kind of lose the gratefulness for them in the day-to-day of life. But I'm working on that. :) I'm grateful for difficult people because in having to interact with them I have found I can learn many things. I can learn to have a broader perspective, grace, and patience. I usually am reminded through difficult people how unattractive narcissism is. I am really certain God uses difficult people in my life as sandpaper, rubbing off all of my narcissism! And in the day-to-day when I'm sighing deeply over some difficult person in my life God likes to remind me that I am the difficult person in someone's life, just to keep me grounded in reality. :) Have you ever been grateful for that difficult person in your life?

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The End of Affirmation 365

I've been thinking about it for over a month. Usually, when I'm in it I'm engaged. But this time? I started it indifferent and I've felt indifferent all along. I should have never started. Hindsight is 20/20 they say and they aren't wrong. So when I opened my eyes this morning it was clear. It's time. Time to quit this 365. This is the first 365 that I haven't posted several of the days, the first 365 that I wasn't super excited about, the first 365 that I've quit. I've changed my social media presence and interactions the past year so this is also the first 365 that hardly anyone has been interested in. Is it the topic or my decision to not be as accessible on social media? Or is it some other reason altogether? Well, regardless...I'm throwing in the towel on this one. I can't say if I'll ever do another 365 again. Time will tell and I will know if and when it's time.

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Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

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