The about me section on my facebook profile starts out with this quote..
" Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." -Abe Lincoln
..and I think this is one of the main reasons I have such a hard time spitting out these blogs (that I naively thought 27 would be a good #, and wouldn't take me any time at all to type up *shakes head*).. Because I'm a teensy bit fearful that by posting a quote or writing my thoughts about it, I'll remove all doubt..
Obviously the fear is pushed to the back burner, and the blog-full-of-wordy-ness eventually comes out..
and then there's those individuals who comment positively on the post, and I think
"yay.. at least they didn't think I was a fool.."
And in the grand scheme of things - if I think something, my thought is not going to change whether I say it out loud to a person, in a public forum on the internet, or in the silence of my own head. I'm not one to alter my thoughts to fit yours.. but I do have a "Prideful" side.. one that wants to be liked.. and not thought the fool.. *shrug*
It sure is a good thing, that God knows I'm a flawed fool, and yet chose to use the foolish things of this world to shame the wise..
Soli Deo Gloria
:D
[From a friend:]
ReplyDeleteAbe Lincon? I thought that was Mark Twain's quote. This used to be my favorite quote, all the way back during high school.
I did a quick google, apparently we're both "right" - nobody really knows who said it first.
It's in the bible, even. Proverbs 17:28