Space_Karen Posted October 26, 2022 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 20 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 206 Content Per Day: 0.36 Reputation: 99 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/02/2022 Status: Offline Share Posted October 26, 2022 (edited) The following is a fun game to play. Quote “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? Matthew 7:3 The way it works is, whenever you catch yourself thinking negatively on the faults of others as mentioned in matthew 7:3. You redirect the fault finding at yourself in an attempt at self improvement. For example: negative influences tried to direct my thoughts towards thinking negatively about my neighbors earlier today. Thinking about how they likely won't have a good future if they continue to make bad choices for themselves. Instead I thought about how my own future might not be great if I make poor choices and what better decisions I could be making right now. Its an attempt at the inverse opposite of the fault finding behavior mentioned in matthew 7:3. A trend of looking only at my own faults and never criticizing or thinking negatively of others, is something I have tried to embrace for years. I think I have progressively improved at it over time. I think that my own habits and lifestyle have improved as a result. Edited October 26, 2022 by Space_Karen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi4Yahweh Posted October 26, 2022 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,955 Content Per Day: 0.26 Reputation: 635 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/12/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted October 26, 2022 (edited) Sounds fun! Reminds me of the Hypocrisy game. Its where you put on a show and tell others how to do something correctly but then you do the opposite. Edited October 27, 2022 by Jedi4Yahweh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not of the World Posted October 26, 2022 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 86 Topics Per Day: 0.15 Content Count: 1,060 Content Per Day: 1.88 Reputation: 456 Days Won: 1 Joined: 10/12/2022 Status: Offline Share Posted October 26, 2022 22 hours ago, Space_Karen said: The way it works is, whenever you catch yourself thinking negatively on the faults of others as mentioned in matthew 7:3. You redirect the fault finding at yourself in an attempt at self improvement. I try to do that all of the time. It works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FJK Posted March 9, 2023 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 43 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 3,349 Content Per Day: 7.92 Reputation: 1,305 Days Won: 1 Joined: 03/01/2023 Status: Offline Share Posted March 9, 2023 Maybe we could learn a lesson from the past and try to be a Pollyanna playing the glad game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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