James 24:7

My friend John did the quick calculation and let me know that a car travelling 70 mph covers 102.7 feet per second.  So, as to the problem of multitasking while driving, ask yourself: "Would I be willing to black out for one second while driving 70 mph?"

I'm going to try to stop my cell phone conversations while driving.   "Try"...ha!  I say that and hear myself say: "Jim.  Put your hand on the table.  Lift your hand. Put your hand back on the table.  Now, "try" to lift your hand.  Which is "trying" like: lifting it or not lifting it?"

Okay...today I will not talk on the cell phone while driving.  You are all safe to come out now.

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One of the downsides to my confessional way of writing (and preaching) is that I get people who volunteer to fix me. 

I may say, "I struggle with X" and mean that as a way to get readers/ hearers to think about their own struggles with "X".    Instead I get suggestions about my struggle with "X".

e.g.

I say:

"I share too much personal information with my dog."

They say:

"Jim, maybe you should start a journal."

I say:

"I am addicted to Vanilla Wafers."

They say:

"Perhaps you should join a 12 Step Program..."

Digress to imagination:

"I'm Jim."

Hi Jim!

"I got the wafer on my back..."

"Maybe you could stop lying in the wafers..."

Back from digression...

Maybe it would be better if they would say:

"I feel your pain.  I don't struggle with Vanilla Wafers but I do struggle with the Cheese Doodles."

So I could say: "Ah, yeah...the doodles...wow.  They can be cagey..."

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