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Those who knew me like I wore a teenager parson's war and tie would willingly attest to the fact that I reigned as the "flip-flop" king, and to be honest, I was rather happy in this approach subsequent to no desire to resign. Ralph Waldo Emerson afterward said, "Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds."
If that is true, I have a more than tolerable mind.
For some reason, positive persons (and you know who you are) are fanatics past it comes to consistency. I don't want to be guilty of dropping names, heaven knows I've dropped all else, but one such person, who shall remain nameless, lives in my house.
In my past, I've been an enlightened of the advantages of inconsistency and offered my opinion on the topic at irregular intervals.
For an example, I've always believed "variety is the spice of life." What would this world be without such diversity?
I think I have God upon my side in this. see at His creations. The genuine proof, in my mind, that God created the broadcast and the earth is in this variety of the species.
God did not just make "a bird." God created hundreds of varieties of natural world of every color imaginable, as competently as additional things.
Whatever God has created, He has over and done with suitably taking into consideration an infinite number of variations upon the subject. Certainly, God believes in variety.
Another advantage of inconsistency is it keeps associates and relatives off-guard and guessing. If I would complete the same situation exceeding and over, my links and relatives would come to a distinct level of expectation from me.
What a bore.
However, if I am continually flip-flopping, nobody knows exactly what I'm going to attain next. And for my keep (if I had any) I go for the zing of flip-flopping.
I would not tell this to just anyone, but, the chief benefit to flip-flopping is less strain upon the tiny grey cells. I don't have to remember everything.
Although flip-flopping has many desirable advantages, the biggest disadvantage to my inconsistency is the Mistress of the Parsonage. Some people, as I've mentioned, put up with a low view of flip-flopping.
Her view, as it turned out, was the lowest. I would soon find out just how low.
Recently I treated the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage to an forward day repast at the Slurp N Burp Caf. That is just the kind of boy I am.
In retrospect, it was a bad idea. I thought my moving picture was going great. I thought nothing could truly be bigger in my life, but the husband is always the last to know sure things.
Women, especially wives, have a sixth sense approximately these things, whereas men, particularly husbands, haven't a clue. Women are usually referred to as the "fairer sex," but, and I talk in imitation of authority, they get not comport yourself fair.
Everything came to a head (my head, that is) later than I started ordering my breakfast. I could not adjudicate on what I wanted for breakfast. At first, it was eggs, subsequently pancakes, next oatmeal. all of the selections looked savory and I just couldn't make taking place my mind.
I finally decided upon eggs but could not declare how I wanted them. as soon as suitably many ways to fix eggs, it is hard to make a decision on scrambled, fried or soft-boiled. They all sounded scrumptious at the time.
I granted upon scrambled eggs but called the waitress put up to five period to correct my order. In hindsight, I see my misfortune but; after that I was held hostage to my changeability, which quickly turned into a liability.
As the waitress left the table for the fifth time, I was approximately to recall her once my eyes happened to catch my wife's eyes. I was startled to look fiery daggers dance from her eyes in yes, you guessed it my direction.
The most staggering element were the words spattering from her mouth. To tell I was horrified is bearing in mind saying a skunk has aroma issues.
"Either," she snarled, "you flip or you flop." She took a deep breath and continued, "This flip-flopping has got to stop, and end now."
I accomplish not know the difference in the company of a flip and a flop. Is a flip, for example, worse than a flop? Moreover, is it reachable to flip and not flop?
To this day, I have no idea of what she meant, but at the time, I could see she was in no feel to notify and I was not in a frame of mind to hear her explanation. After all, I am a gentleman and I adore animatronics especially my own.
Then she gave me that womanly grimace, conveying the idea that she in point of fact designed what she said and furthermore, she could encourage it up subsequent to actions. I don't know what those "actions" were, and give a positive response me, I can enliven the perch of my moving picture without that wee bit of knowledge, thank you.
Later that daylight I reflected upon this incident and reached for my Bible. Several verses suggested themselves to me.
"For I am the Lord, I alter not; consequently ye sons of Jacob are not consumed." (Malachi 3:6 KJV.)
And the other Testament verse that says, "Jesus Christ, the thesame yesterday and today, and for ever." (Hebrews 13:8 KJV.)
As I meditated on these two verses, my heart warmed later than gratitude that Jesus did not flip-flop as soon as it came to my redemption.
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