tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post108851221264444992..comments2023-11-02T07:25:45.884-05:00Comments on Mormanity - a blog for those interested in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Irony and Coincidence: Teaching Tools of the LordJeff Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1089724328628425432004-07-13T08:12:00.000-05:002004-07-13T08:12:00.000-05:00I really haven't been beating myself up over that....I really haven't been beating myself up over that. It was a learning experience, though. Sometimes to benefit from a learning experience, it helps to remember it or to tell the story to others to help drive the point home. His failures were his, certainly.Jeff Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1089252750660314412004-07-07T21:12:00.000-05:002004-07-07T21:12:00.000-05:00I realized that my failure to treat an irritated s...I realized that my failure to treat an irritated stranger with kindness and respect may have cost me an opportunity to help this brother in the Church. <br /><br />But on the other hand, if you spend your whole life doing nothing but fretting about how your actions may, or may not, effect someone in the church, You end up living your life for others out of guilt instead of living life for yourself. So what is lost is your fulfillment for questionable and gain. <br />Guilt ruins you first.Gunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03331695295937650313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1089237124276326592004-07-07T16:52:00.000-05:002004-07-07T16:52:00.000-05:00Or what about the possibility t hat this fellow me...Or what about the possibility t hat this fellow member was a plain jerk, who wasnt interested in either home teaching you or doing the right thing, or acting mature. i work in retail, and have to deal with minor problems customers bring to my attention every single day - and trust me, some really get very difficult. But, if I were to follow that brother's example, I would be holding gridges against a lot of people, and it is certainly not the way the Scriptures and our church teach us to lead our lives.<br />please dont beat up on yourself - that particular brother was probably not intersted in leading a life true to LDS principlesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com