man ... you know what? I'm like poorly written intro to an essay. ATTENTION GETTER.. with no substance. I have so much pride and yux.. disgusts me.. disgusts me big time.. I want everyone to look at me.. Lord destroy this sin of mine.. let me die to my self. Let me shine the light on you and not myself. Dude.. I have a hard time even attending class. This sux. Gotta do well in school.

Read an article on Hubert Humphries .. who was Lyndon Johnson's vice president.... in the most recent issue of The New Yorker. Really interesting. The New Yorker always has good FULL detail articles. This one was about compromise. Hubert Humphries was an excellent orator and a man of no compromise. The article said he was a crusader for equal rights for black americans. He didn't compromise. That is what brought attention to himself. Later he got bogged down and LBJ taught him compromise. That eventually cost Humphries the election to Nixon. He wasn't his own person any longer. He compromised too much.

"Vote NO on silent approval," This is what I was taught during lead training class today. This means if someone is doing something they shouldn't be doing, say something about it. If you don't say anything, you are approving. It is the same concept as "silence is consent." Yet during the lead training one thing stood out. Correcting people without damaging their self esteem. This is the balance of Love and Truth that I have been learning about in Living Proof. I have never thought about saying things in a nice way to people other than at work. At work.. I usually silently approve because I don't say anything at all to correct people. It seems to me that at work I am so opposite of what I am at church or elsewhere. At work I am the ultimate manager's pet. At church I criticise people for being pastor's pets or bowing to authority. I love being a rebel. Yet I am ultimate conformist at work. I am afraid to criticise at work. Elsewhere... let the criticism rain from heaven.