Re: In need of advice
p.s. One last word of advice, regarding "meeting them where they are" - and this came from Watchman Nee, actually - if you have a problem with someone, and they are maybe 99% wrong and you are only (so you think) 1% in the wrong, you should apologize for the 1%.
This has helped me enormously over the years. It is entirely practical. If others see you taking responsibility for your imperfections, then it opens the door for them to take responsibility for theirs. You are modeling right behavior in front of them, and this gives them opportunity to do likewise. It is very effective.
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"Freedom is free. It's slavery that's so horribly expensive" - Colonel Templeton, ret., of the 12th Scottish Highlanders, the 'Black Fusiliers'
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