Emotional criticisms

Two things I have been thinking on lately. Not really for any particular reason or because I have been experiencing this. More because I have been reading really good books lately and don't really spend any time in deconstructing with discussion among intellectual peers. (Probably because all the lawn gnomes are too busy standing in gardens somewhere.)

-People with no emotional governor.
This isn't really something that is easy to describe, but I think everyone knows someone like this. Something goes their way or a good happenstance comes along and they are flying high with the eagles. Then something bad happens or their plans fall through and they are instantaneously in the "depths of despair" and nothing will ever be able to help them be happy again. Something happens that is (even just a tiny bit) irritating, or (in their opinions) unjust, and they are instantly boiling; they are in grave danger of blowing their tops and international war may be mere moments from beginning. Then the next moment, they are back on that high place.
These people don't get on my nerves as much as they just make me want to hit them with the "Applied Logic" stick. More than half of the situations could be equalized merely by using a tiny bit of the logic and analytical skills that God has given as tools. "TO BE USED" should be written on that toolbox in words of fire. Please, I beg of you. Try it out for a month and you will never go back. However, That might not work for those histrionics who love the extra high so "think it almost makes up for the thud...
Anne, of the GreenGables fame, is a classic example of this problem.
But, As Marila says; I also "would rather walk calmly along and do without both flying and thud!"

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-People who say someone can't take "constructive criticism", when in actuality, they are being cruel.

I came across this one while reading Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables." This I think is a little less prevalent than the other, but with the amount of damage they do, there might as well be just as many. The main issue with this is that in order for something to be termed "Constructive" it must not only have at it's basis a genuine desire for the good of the receiver, but also must must must be something that will lead the receiver to a greater and closer resemblance to the goal of God's will for them. In case anyone has forgotten, that is a closer relationship and reflection of the person of Christ.
If your criticism is not going to lead and guide them in that direction, not only is it very likely to hurt more than help, but it probably is coming from a self serving preference rather than something useful.

I think I could probably wax (slightly) eloquent on these subjects for hours, especially since I have been working closer with teens for the last year. But no one needs to plumb the scary depths that is my mind.

(Disclaimer:
No, actually, I am not talking about you. Or anyone you are connected with. Or anyone you know. Or even anyone in particular. Unless you watch a lot of movies, and read a prodigious amount of books; in that case, you may have had some of the same influx of dramatic personalities that are influencing my thoughts. Otherwise, don't be so sensitive, silly.)

LadyAnne

List Mania

This is what happens when you dictate a list to L1:

-2 raspberry emergenC
-Raw honey
-Aloe vera juice
-Lemons or real juice
-Onion
-Orange
Water
-Cleanex
Toilet paper

Cheese
2 Eggs
Milk
Tomatoes
Sugar
Ranch
Broccoli (frozen)
Chicken broth
buillion cubes

Tar shampoo
Watermelon
Firestone
Money
Secrets
Grog
Flint
Minestrone
Diet mangos
Glass
Hulk
Thermite
Sodium
Mitus' hand
Yogurt
Dirt
Nitrous
Ghouls
Drums
Buttons
Xylophone
Silk
Cherrys
Grimm
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Talk about a very confused minute trying to figure out where to find the Firestone in Walmart....

LadyAnne

A Luckey Bean

Today, after a long and involved discussion, my coworkers decided that the piece of "pork" to be found in a can of "pork & beans" was either a piece of whale blubber, or what remains after all usable material is extracted from crude oil. (I may or may not have contributed to this conference.)
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The past week and a half Megan L. came to visit me. It was quite nice to have at least one of my friends closer than a thousand miles away, for awhile at least. This may be a problem for Oklahoma if every time I make a friend they move VERY far away. Activities happened, although not as many as would have been possible were I not required to be all adult and have a job or some such nonsense. And the lady was convinced to come again in the summer, so all in all a fairly successful venture. But now she is gone. (cue crowd *awww*)
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LadyAnne

Alone

As she stepped out the door, the cold wind sounded across the top of her half empty glass bottle, setting an eerie tone for the long dark walk to her car...

Just a moment of prose for you, dear reader...