My friend Charlie Jones (who was one of the sweetest, wisest, people-loving persons I have ever known) used to say, “Show me someone who can be around people all day and keep smiling, and I’ll show you an idiot! We don’t work with people because we like people, we work with people because that is all there is to work with! Now get back to work and shut up!” We are to love our neighbor as ourselves, whether it is fun to or not. Dan White’s points are spot on.
by Dan White at The Holy Mess
I mean come on, have you really been around people lately? They talk too much, they get excited about stuff they never follow through on, they talk smack about other people without trying to look like they’re talking smack, they are narcissistic so they subtly manipulate conversations back to themselves, they spend their money on dumb stuff then grumble about having no money, the raise their kids in wacky ways, they vote for the wrong politicians, they try to talk intelligently about things they’ve barely studied, they are poor listeners, they are undisciplined with their time and then they complain they have no time, they are all about “doing justice” but then can’t unplug from their computer to actually do it, they are too conservative, they are way too liberal, they are easily offended and then avoid conflict by avoiding you. Seriously, I…
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Learning To Be Full Of Grace And Truth. 
Love Charlie’s quote
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