http://www.ralphdiehl.com/2010/01/27/merging-rivers/ Thoughts on Life Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:39:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.ralphdiehl.com/2010/01/27/merging-rivers/comment-page-1/#comment-1514 Rene' Bute Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:56:04 +0000 http://www.ralphdiehl.com/?p=1636#comment-1514 I like that example. It is so true - - when we associate with 'muddy' people, we can't help but get mud on us in turn. Unfortunately, when another party is looking at us, their eyes are going to go directly to that one muddy spot, disregarding the otherwise cleanliness of our lives. Think about it...when you are talking about someone, are you talking about the 55 great things they did this week, or about the one stumble they made? Human nature will lead us to find faults in others....just like they are doing to us. The trick is to keep the mud off in the first place. We use the saying 'garbage in, garbage out' around our house, and use that to censor a lot of things we see/watch/do. I like that example. It is so true – - when we associate with ‘muddy’ people, we can’t help but get mud on us in turn. Unfortunately, when another party is looking at us, their eyes are going to go directly to that one muddy spot, disregarding the otherwise cleanliness of our lives. Think about it…when you are talking about someone, are you talking about the 55 great things they did this week, or about the one stumble they made? Human nature will lead us to find faults in others….just like they are doing to us. The trick is to keep the mud off in the first place. We use the saying ‘garbage in, garbage out’ around our house, and use that to censor a lot of things we see/watch/do.

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