Ever play the game where someone starts by telling the next person something, then, it goes down the line, with each person telling the next person, until the last person tells what was told. Very seldom does the last person actually get what was told to begin with.
I've shared with you before that there are some that would rather climb a tree to tell you a lie than to stand on flat ground and tell you the truth. There are others that love to exaggerate and put there own spin on things, I like to call that embellishing, which I occasionally do. Let me give you an example...
Just last week, Trishia's A/C went out on her car. If you don't know it, summers in the south are brutal without A/C. I know we used to do without it but we have grown accustomed to it and it would be difficult to do now. But, I digress...
I took the car to the shop to have it evaluated. Later, the repairman called and told me the compressor was bad, and he would also have to replace the dryer; the cost was rather shocking. Well, I told a couple of people the results of the inspection but I added that he was going to have to remove all four doors, the dash, change the headlights, take out two seats, etc. Now, I was being silly, but some people love to "see things differently".
Today's word is an anonymous quote, which says, "If you didn't see it with your own eyes, or hear it with your own ears, don't invent it with your small mind and share it with your big mouth!"
A principle that I live by is to believe half of what you see and a fourth of what you hear and you will probably be alright. I try not to make things any worse than they are, or make them anything that they are not. Others, on the other hand, often see things differently.
Be Blessed,
Mickey T
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