Pride has a way of putting us in our place. So many times, I wanted to look good and not play the fool. Unfortunately, my pride was the thing that made me look like a fool.
Whenever I’ve looked down on someone, it has inevitably caused me to fall. Whenever I see a pundit or politician pumping himself up while tearing another person down, I get out of the way. Sooner or later, that guy is going to fall!
Cartoon of boy with a bike helmet. He says to another boy, “Since pride comes before a fall, I’m wearing a helmet.”
Caption reads: “Come on, Mrs. Podgummer! Laugh! It’ll be good for your wrinkles.”
Why is it the people who need to laugh the most are the ones who find it hardest to laugh? Prim and proper just doesn’t seem all that fun to me.
Laughter is a good face lift. So laugh today!
Caption reads: “Only a true friend would let you know you have a duck on your head.”
A real friend is one who let’s you know if you have food on your face instead of letting you proudly wear it all day. That’s right, a friend will tell you when you are looking like a goober. They’ll say, “Excuse me, emperor, but you are wearing no clothes.”
We all need a friend like that. Considering how sloppy I can be, I’m glad I have friends like that. It saves on self-inflicted humiliation!
Caption reads: “I don’t get it. I thought the jewelry would get me tons of dates.”
Proverbs 11:20 paints a picture. This is what it says:
A beautiful woman who has no sense is like a gold
ring in a pig’s nose. Proverbs 11:22 (NIrV)
Someone can seem quite attractive until you get close and realize that is all they think about. It is far better to have a beauty from the inside out, isn’t it? It seems like I’m stating the obvious but our celebrity culture sure doesn’t get it.
This morning, the comic strip, “Non Sequitur” by Wiley had a good take on the similar subject of celebrity worship.