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I place great significance on names.

When I became responsible for my (former) church's clothing ministry, I named it DORCAS (Dedicated Organizers of Recycled Clothing and Shoes).

When I was a part of a local homeschool support group, I launched (and won) a naming contest. The wining entry: CHAMPS (Christian Homeschoolers Achieving Maximum Potential Scholastically).

I've always been in favor of knowing the actual name of a physical condition (when possible) to enable me to use that name in prayer and confessions.

So, yes, I changed the name of this blog. Though I liked the original title, Using the Gray Matters, I did want to go in a more positive direction. Hence, the blog and the URL are now the same.

Ta-da: As I Always Say!

Who's Using?

I started this blog as an outlet for my frustration at the stupidity of people as a whole. That sounds harsh (even to me) but it's true. It was (and is) astounding to me how some things seem so obvious, yet so much of the populace seems to live in total oblivion.

Today Joyce Meyer reiterated one of my favorite quotes: Everywhere you go, there you are. It reminded me that my mind is always where I am. And so is my heart.

How about if I used those two God-given tools to consider someone else's POV sometime? Okay, BTDT, on occasion. That's where the mind part leaves off. So, how about if I then let the heart kick in and actually (watch out; it's coming).... EXTEND THEM SOME MERCY!

The Beatitudes were the Scripture reading for the fast today. Talk about a sock in the eye! Five minutes before reading it, I'd called a guy I was attempting to speak with (laryngitis) over the phone a fool. Not to his (virtual) face, of course. Just in conversation. Good thing I repented before I got to that verse!

If I could find it within myself (and it is there) to willfully choose the mercy option, to always (big word) give people the benefit of the doubt, how much more peaceful would my own existence be?

But then I might actually have to change the name of this blog...

Cliche Alert: Time Flies

Indeed, it does.

I think I've just about resolved that people aren't purposely stupid, mean or evil. Shocker: everybody just isn't wired to be logical. :sigh: How annoying!

Some stuff isn't logic, though. Some stuff is just paying attention.

For example, navigating in traffic. It takes just a minuscule amount of observation to determine which lane is moving fastest, who's coming up on you the quickest, which car you're approaching more rapidly. Come on. It's not that hard. And if it is, let's make it simple.

Get out of my way.