My Old Man Proverbs
- The issue is typically not the issue.
- Be cautious of simple solutions, for people are not simple and life under the sun is highly complex and messy.
- Life under the sun is tough, do not make it tougher by being stupid.
- 'Perception' is not reality; it is, though, if you are not grounded in reality.
- Much of modern marketing is aimed at stirring discontentment to create covetous hearts that will buy a bill of goods.
- When you are faced with the metaphoric fork in the road, you don't have to immediately choose one over the other. Instead, go down both roads to explore before making a decision.
- When pressed by another person to give a yes or no answer, pause first and ask, "Do they have the right to ask me this question in the first place? Do I even need to respond?"
- Concerning character, we often talk about that which we struggle with the most.
- Keep in mind that a bad question will often yield a bad answer; therefore, there is such a thing as a 'stupid question.'
- Behind every defensive spirit, you typically find a person's idol.
- Beware of befriending people who cannot laugh at themselves or their mistakes, for this is evidence of their insecure and inflated egos.
- The greatest need of a person is not money, sex, or power but the desire to be right.
- When you find yourself anxious in a conflict, remember that others in the same conflict are feeling the same anxiety as you are, if not more.
- Understanding must precede criticism; listening must precede talking. Only fools criticize and speak without first understanding and listening.
- Meaning is not found in reaching towards the grand fireworks of life but in the quiet vocations we are placed in.
- The best place to find a future bride is in a library, church, or the produce aisle of a grocery store.
- Contrary to popular opinion, love is not an emotional spark, as demonstrated in Soap Operas or Hallmark Movies, but rather, love is sacrificial - it is deep and grows over decades.
- Sacrificial love is most profoundly seen in the family: we die to ourselves so that we might die (in service) to our spouse, so that spouses might die to their children so that children - in adult age - might die to their elderly parents.
- Don't go to church to give God your best for you have nothing to give, but instead, go to church to receive God's best in Christ.
- Things often look better in the morning.
- The main job of a pastor is to prepare you for death.
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