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I was not allowed to be better than him at anything. Except household tasks that he didn't want to do, of course.
I'll give you a silly example. I worked in service all the way through university and in my early 20s. I used a cash register often, and I got quick at counting money.
When we were doing our finances, sometimes we would pay cash for things. He would lay money out on the floor like a child and count everything. Then he would ask me to check his count. I would flip through 20s in an 8th of the time it took him to count them. I did this every day; of course I was fast at it.
The world ended if I found he had made a mistake, but he didn’t trust my counting at that speed, even when I confirmed his results. He made me count bills at the same speed he counted them. My 4 year old cousin could keep up.
It sounds so silly, but he mocked my skills and capitalistic “worth” so often that not having his confidence in THIS, even, was frustrating and soul crushing.
The air around me is lighter without his presence.
There is a big difference between a LIE and BEARING FALSE WITNESS.
A lie is saying something to misdirect guilt or wrongdoing, or telling a story to make you 'look good,' but when you bear false witness, the goal is to deceive others by making someone else LOOK BAD.
There’s an old saying that says “everything you want to know about life, you learned in high school” - and there is a lot of truth in that! There were always certain kids in power - the Ra-Rahs, Jocks and especially the Journalism kids who in particular praised (or neglected) certain events, people or groups, and in the gossip mill these self-same kids either validated or vilified others based on their jealousy or unapproval.
Sadly we commonly see this today where slander and mocking others that they disagree with has evolved from a sport to a calculated strategy to destroy others or alter people’s perception of times and truth.
Remember friend - God is not mocked for the Bible says:
“ No one is hidden from God’s sight, but All are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must all one day give account.” Hebrews 4:13
We cannot prevent others from bearing false witness, but let us always be careful to guard our words and also the thoughts of our heart, because our grace and mercy depends on it. (Jeremiah 17:10)
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This is an honor bestowed upon me, I will remember this in the end times with a smile and a fond tear
Channeled the Kullerhoe and stabbed myself in the arm with a box cutter knife by mistake 💀