http://www.victusinambitus.com The personal blog <b>pulpit</b> of Dennis A Smith Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:25:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I love it when I know the where I'm going - in business, on holiday or in a relationship. It's like things feel under control when we have a plan and I know what it is. Those around me draw confidence from my vision, passion and sense of purpose - ... http://www.victusinambitus.com/2008/08/08/the-death-thing-2-2/ I love the one about the guy who gets a phone call from his doctor. "I've got good news and bad news" the doctor says. "Which one do you want first". "Give me the bad news first" the guy replies. The Doc says, "Well you've only got 24 hours to ... http://www.victusinambitus.com/2008/08/03/the-death-thing-1-2/ I love a little Pacific Island phrase I learned in a kid's song* at Teacher Training College, "fai fai lemu" or in Palagi it translates as "take it easy". For a guy who loves to hit things hard, like as in 100%, 100% of the time, its interesting and sobering ... http://www.victusinambitus.com/2008/07/25/take-it-easy/ I hate preachers that know it all, and have an answer for everything. Along with about a few hundred million uneducated pagans from the back-blocks of Zimbabwe, I'm probably the world's most Un-Theological Genius. I find the arrogant religious zealots especially obnoxious, in that they seem to have definitive answers ... http://www.victusinambitus.com/2008/07/20/the-bottom-line/ I hate getting spun a yarn. You know, when people look you in the eyes and lie to you? I used to tell porkies every now and then but it just got so bloomin' hard trying to keep up with it that I gave up, and I've been straight straightish ... http://www.victusinambitus.com/2008/07/19/lies-lies-lies/ I hate getting pushed around. It doesn't matter who tries to do it - the media, school teacher, the government - if they try to mess with me it gets my back up. It creates some interesting challenges in trying to work out how to cope with the external pressure ... http://www.victusinambitus.com/2008/07/19/getting-pushed-around/ I hate getting things wrong. The sun certainly APPEARS to move from East to West and the earth APPEARS to be flat , so I do understand why the early people interpreted the facts the way they did and got it wrong. Sometimes, not everything seems as it really is . ... http://www.victusinambitus.com/2008/07/11/interpretation/ It's a real bummer when things go wrong and some other dude does the dirty on you. Some people say I'm a sucker because I trust people too much. Most of the time they're right and when things go wrong, it's a big call to let it go. Sometimes we just ... http://www.victusinambitus.com/2008/07/09/let-it-go/ I hated my younger sister for working out that Santa Claus' shopping list was written in our mother's handwriting. She got it and I didn't. Darn! I was embarrassed big-time because I should have sussed it out before her - after all I was older than her, so I should ... http://www.victusinambitus.com/2008/07/05/building-eq/ Theological pride is not limited to the Scribes and the Pharisees from two thousand years ago. It's alive and well thank you, all around me. http://www.victusinambitus.com/2008/07/04/theological-pride/