sunday’s scuds (september 18, 2011)

Last Sunday brought us the beginning of a new series at NewPointe: Dealing with Difficult People. Fortunately I don’t have any difficult people in my life so the message didn’t really apply to me (yeah right).

I took good notes. Dwight fired many-a-scud. Here’s what I wrote down:

• The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your relationships.
• The reason certain things about others irritate you is likely because there’s some of that irritating thing in you.
• We’re more aware of other people’s words and actions than we are of our own words and actions.
• We can thank ourselves for the majority of the problems we have in life.
• I can’t change other people. All I can do is change myself.
• If you don’t see yourself correctly, you won’t see other people correctly.
• Humility is what allows you to turn your critics into coaches.
• Competition kills relationships.

So in everything, do to others what you would have others do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. Matthew 7:12