Articulate Sinners Anonymous
People have always told me that I am articulate. I used to think that being fairly articulate was a good thing. Expressing your thoughts with clarity would be a good goal for any of us. Not too long ago I was having a problem with someone. When I sought advise from a friend, she suggested that maybe this person found the fact that I was so articulate to be intimidating. Wow! One of my better traits might be forming a barrier between other people and me. It took me a while to understand how that could possibly be so. Perhaps those of us who are articulate and often times passionate, state things so well in a definite way, it is harder, if not impossible, for the other person to express himself. Ideas that are better than or as good as those expressed may go unspoken. God makes some of us more articulate not to increase our personal victories but to increase greater understanding for everyone. That should come from the expression of ideas of others as well as our own ideas. I'm cert...