From Bryan Chapell’s book The Wonder of it All
“My faults are deeper than I care to imagine, but I will never see the need others really have until I dare to consider my own true nature. If I do not consider my own causes for shame, I will judge others instead of loving them. I will distance myself from them instead of recognizing how our mutual needs unite us. I will look down on them instead of embracing them. I will stand aloof, rather than eye to eye. If I stop seeing the person I really am in my mirror, I will stop seeing the faces of others; and then the care that is the vehicle of the Gospel will not flow from me.”
Folk Etymology: Word Origins That Are Just Plain Wrong
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What do the words woodchuck, cockroach, hangnail, and catty corner have in
common? They are examples of folk etymology. You might think that these
words ...
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