"Petty people are ugly people. They are people who have lost their vision. They are people who have turned their eyes away from what matters and focused, instead, on what doesn't matter. The result is that the rest of us are immobilized by their obsession with the insignificant.
"It is time to rid the church of pettiness. It is time the church refused to be victimized by petty people. It is time the church stopped ignoring pettiness. It is time the church quit pretending that pettiness doesn't matter. Pettiness has become a serious disease in the Church of Jesus Christ — a disease which continues to result in terminal cases of discord, disruption, and destruction. Petty people are dangerous people because they appear to be only a nuisance instead of what they really are — a health hazard."
(By Mike Yaconelli in The Wittenburg Door December 1984/January 1985)
That made me laugh Steve! I have had a similar experience. Do what I did, Take the tooth out on a trampoline and tell everyone that it was an accident. DON'T GO BACK ON THURSDAY, RUN, RUN WHILE YOU CAN. have i instilled some confidence in you? encouragement? no??
Craig
Posted by: Craig | November 19, 2003 at 08:34
Your comments on "pettiness" are just perfect. As Catholic priest I totally acknowledge the sinful existence of pettiness as a form of violence. So what think you all? Is it time to establish a "peace education " center which teaches good people how to stand strong under the careless manuevers of people who look for "identified patients" in a non functioning system. CS Lewis once said"Evil is the sacrifice of one person to maintain my own denial."
Posted by: eagle feather | October 22, 2005 at 07:46