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Page 50 We agnostics
"We missed the reality and the beauty of the forest because we were diverted by the ugliness of some its trees."
Have been thinking about this sentence and something my sponsor says to me. G8 do not look at the words look for the sentiment of what is being said.
I am starting to realise that I can miss the message because I get too focused on the words that are being used. As this sentence suggests do not miss the beauty of the forest because of the ugly trees. Do not miss the message I am trying to say because of the words I use.
G8
"We missed the reality and the beauty of the forest because we were diverted by the ugliness of some its trees."
Have been thinking about this sentence and something my sponsor says to me. G8 do not look at the words look for the sentiment of what is being said.
I am starting to realise that I can miss the message because I get too focused on the words that are being used. As this sentence suggests do not miss the beauty of the forest because of the ugly trees. Do not miss the message I am trying to say because of the words I use.
G8
That "ugly tree" should not detract from the "beautiful forest" of other messages which carry patience, truth and love in fellowship upheld by spiritual principles.
Something to really think about.
A billboard lovely as a tree.
Perhaps, unless the billboards fall,
I'll never see a tree at all.
Ogden Nash
âWe ... beg you to lay aside prejudice, even against organized religion ...
âWe missed the reality and the beauty of the forest because we were diverted by the ugliness of some of its trees. We never gave the spiritual side of life a fair hearing.â (pages 50-51)
Even today I still occasionally learn from religious folks I cannot personally stand ... and even some of the ones on the billboards!