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ahhhh... I love summertime.
it's 7:50 and it's still very light outside. it's great.
anyways. my day today was fairly eventfull. I went to a parish meeting meant to resolve some of the differences between our preist (Father Blanton) and, well, the whole rest of the congregation. you know, it's amazing how immature some adults can act. These fully-grown people, most of whom were over 40, were arguing about who hurt whom emotionally, and whose feelings were hurt the most, and who never said "i'm sorry". it was really rather pathetic. I couldn't help myself... i had to say something. The preist and congregation were, at that particular time, talking about how noone was really liking the other and the amout of trust between them. I got up and opened my mouth - not really know what i was going to say nor what my point would be - and this was what issued:
(to fr. blanton [just because i wanted to know]:) - "Did you choose this congregation to father?" (after a few extremely quiet moments he answered:) - "yes."
(me, addressing the entirety) "ok, well then. In several of my classes at northwestern high school, the teachers have this saying, "Adjust, Adapt, and Overcome." for example, when several people are put together in a group and they don't necessarily like each other or even know each other, they still have to come together to make an A on their assignment. Even in high school there's no switching groups just because you don't like someone who's in your group. You, everyone of you, ACCEPT that you are in the given group and change your mindset to think of that person you don't like as someone you don't have to like - it doesn't matter whether you like them or not. that's Adjusting. Then, you each give in a little and compromise a bit and focus on getting the project done and over with so that you do get that good grade. that's Adapting. last, you recieve the grade that your whole group worked on and maybe you've even grown to accept the person or you've possibly inducted them into your little circle of friends. that's Overcoming. "Adjust, Adapt, and Overcome." y'all... we need an A on this church!"
yeh... not very much like me to stand up and lecture grown adults like that. but i'm glad i did. jeez.... Anywho, there was like 30 seconds of utter silence and i thought i was getting ready to be sent out of the room or something for speaking out like that but... i wasn't. I ended up having almost everyone in the room agree with me - from both sides. one lady even asked me to say the slogan again and she wrote it down... i think she's gonna write it on a poster or something. anyways.... i feel accomplished.
I think sometimes people get so caught up in the fact that they don't like or agree with someone that they fail to realize that they don't have to agree or like them! they just have to act mature and civilized around them, long enough for the project to fall into place. and that annoys the crap out of me. grr.
ah well... it's well on its way to being resolved and set back into order now. so yay!
and.... that's it.
oh! - good luck to freshies, sophs, and juniors on exams next week!