ramhors | 27 Desambra, 2006 19:14
Once, when i was young, I climbed a tree against the wishes of my mother. I got high up in the branches and found that I could neither continue forward nor go back. I held tight to a large branch and began to cry. I yelled for my mother, and I could see her walk out to where I was captive. Instead of being angry, as I thought she would be, she began to laugh, and placing her hands on her hips, she said,"I told you not to try to climb up there. Now look at you. Why do you think I tell you not to do some things?"
All too often, our inclination is to test God. We know what He says He wants us to do, but we do other things instead. We try to get away with things we know we should not. When we find ourselves in trouble we look to God to bail us out, and we cannot understand why He doesn't jump to our aid. Often God allows us to strunggle through adversity in order to learn that he means what He says.
Dear Heavenly Father, I so often do what I know you do not want me to. Forgive my foolishness and disobedience. Help me to heed You will, not my own. Amen.
ramhors | 27 Desambra, 2006 16:31
Te hanana fifandraisana tsara aman'olona ve ianao? Indro ny dingana voalohany!
Listening
You're at a dinner party. Someone is telling anecodtes, someone is complaining, someone is bragging about his promotion. Everyone is anxious to talk, to tell his or her story. Suddenly you get the feeling that no one is listening. While the talk goes on you notice that people's eyes wander. They are perhaps rehearsing their owne remarks. It's as if they have secretly agreed:"I'll be an audience for you if you'll be an audience for me". The party may be a success, but people go home without hearing or knowing each other.
Listening is an essential skill for making and keeping relationships. If you are a good listener, you'll notice that others are drawn to you. Friends confide in you and your friendships deepen. Success comes a little easier because you hear and understand people: you know what they want and what hurts or irritates them. YOu get "lucky" breaks because people appreciate you and want you around.
People who don't listen are bores. They don't seem interested in anyone but themselves. They turn off potential friends and lovers by giving the message: "What you have to say doesn't matter much to me." As a result, they often feel lonely and isolated. The tragedy is that people who don't listen rarely figure out what's wrong. They change their perfume or cologne, they get new clothes, they work at being at being funny, and they talk about "interesting" things. But the underlying problem remains. They aren't fun to talk to because the other person never feels satisfied that he or she has been heard
(tohiny)ramhors | 11 Desambra, 2006 17:25
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