THE GOLDEN GOOSE

Learning doesn't count if we don't use what we're learning. That came to me this morning as an original thought...and then I remembered, "It's not old behavior if you're still doing it." Same difference.

Here's my problem: both of those are true, and I'm enchanted with them. I'll repeat one or the other too often today, count on it.

But will my behavior that caused the thought change?

It will change...but not until I'm ready. I know that I'll get ample opportunity to laugh at me doing the same old same old for awhile. That's my "thank you, Jesus," change. I can and do laugh at my slow-growth policy today. Enough with the self-flagellation...it never worked before, it's not going to get another try-out today.

The fact is, though, we can't get true relief laughing at ourselves in secret. It's the laughing at ourselves through others' ears that will start the change...because others won't be laughing for as long as we will. There's the attention getter, the golden goose that starts our change...finally seeing the naked truth as the result of our own sharing.

Thank You.