{"id":3594,"date":"2011-10-31T14:56:05","date_gmt":"2011-10-31T14:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=3594"},"modified":"2011-10-31T15:07:54","modified_gmt":"2011-10-31T15:07:54","slug":"10-things-i-detest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=3594","title":{"rendered":"10 Things I Detest!!!!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Read that title again carefully, I didn’t say 10 people I detest, I said 10 things I detest! \u00a0People are people, we all make mistakes, as my grandfather once said, when I spilled milk at the Thanksgiving table, “Even I made a mistake once!” \u00a0I had a great weekend with my wife in New York, but New York is New York, and while I’m sure there are lots of nice folks there, they do, it seems to me, exhibit some of my most detested traits, too often, so for the record here goes my list;<\/p>\n

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1. \u00a0Rudeness<\/span>: \u00a0Someone who lacks consideration for others\u00a0and who is\u00a0deliberately\u00a0insolent\u00a0is\u00a0rude \u00a0 I was raised expecting a good spanking if I ever acted that way. \u00a0Example, you are standing in line to enter a door and someone cuts you off as if you were not even there! \u00a0It happens every 3 seconds in the city.<\/p>\n

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2. \u00a0Cluelessness:<\/span> \u00a0Last night a young lady got on the plane leaving New York, she got on just minutes before the door closed, the plane was packed, when she go to her seat she looked at the over head bins and made an ugly display of how she couldn’t believe there was no space left! \u00a0Duh!!!!! \u00a0 More on this in entry number 10!<\/p>\n

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3. \u00a0Self-Centeredness:<\/span> \u00a0People that are so concerned with themselves that don’t even notice any of the rest of us are in the world.<\/p>\n

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4. \u00a0Aloofness:<\/span> \u00a0People that act unfriendly, \u00a0are not forthcoming, or are cool or distant,\u00a0conspicuously\u00a0uninvolved and uninterested, typically through distaste. \u00a0Elitists. \u00a0Funny story, I was trying to unload my computer from my back pack at TSA and the zipper came undone spilling my magazines and brochures from the trade show onto the floor, remember this is New York, which magazine do you guess fell out, on top, front cover up, in full view?!! \u00a0 Handguns Magazine<\/strong>, you can imagine what the N.Y. elitists thought of that! \u00a0\u00a0Ask someone for help, directions, or to stop the man from stabbing you, good luck!<\/p>\n

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5. \u00a0Filthiness<\/span>: \u00a0Come On Man! \u00a0Disgustingly dirty, \u00a0Take a shower, use deodorant, \u00a0shave, gees! \u00a0I can well remember when men wore suits and women dressed on airplanes, air travel was a big deal. \u00a0Today people travel in their pajamas and slippers!<\/p>\n

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6. \u00a0Un-appreciativeness:<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0People that are ungrateful, and do not recognize the kind efforts of others. \u00a0Try opening a door for someone in New York and saying good morning! \u00a0You will get a look of distrust, fear, or worse, be ignored.<\/p>\n

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7. \u00a0Aggressiveness:<\/span> \u00a0Someone that\u00a0pursues one’s\u00a0aims and\u00a0interests\u00a0forcefully. \u00a0Try getting on or off an elevator!<\/p>\n

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8. \u00a0Laziness:<\/span> \u00a0The unwillingness to do work or make an effort.<\/p>\n

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9. \u00a0A lack of Contentedness:<\/span> \u00a0A lack of happiness for your state in life. \u00a0Consumerism on parade! \u00a0I like nice things, but we live in a culture obsessed with more, more, more.<\/p>\n

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10. \u00a0Control Freakness (not sure that one is a real word):<\/span> \u00a0I’m adding this one for me, I exhibited most of the bad things I hate when in an effort to be sure and secure overhead space for my wife’s carry on suit case, last night, I got in line early to get on the plane as soon as possible. \u00a0When zone 2 was called I rushed up to get on and stow her bag, while she finished dinner. \u00a0 The machine spit out a first class upgrade, which I didn’t want, I wanted to sit with my wife. The ticket agent said I had to go all the way back out to the front desk to get my upgrade cancelled!!! \u00a0Of course while I was doing that dozens of people were boarding and getting all the overhead space. By the time I got back onto the plane I had found I was sitting at a bulk head seat and had to put my stuff overhead too! \u00a0I was fortunate that I found space a few bins back to get everything stowed away. \u00a0While sitting waiting for my wife to show up \u00a0and join me, I was acting very Un-Christ like in my heart, my not having control of such a small situation as getting on the plane early had me in a stressed out state. \u00a0It sure would be nice to say that everyone has all these problems in their live but me, sadly it’s not so! \u00a0I really needed to coach myself to take a deep breath and calm down.<\/p>\n

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Thankfully our acceptance by God is not based on a set of rules, in fact Jesus came and died for us so that we could be freed from the Law. \u00a0I hope you enjoy this except from Charles Stanley’s In Touch daily devotional this morning;<\/p>\n

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In other words, if salvation depended on our inadequate self-righteousness, nobody could be saved. But these ten rules weren\u2019t intended to save us. Instead, they were meant to show our helplessness and point us to Christ (Gal. 3:24<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

Our heavenly Father knew that in our own strength, we were inadequate to keep His law. Yet out of grace, He sent His sinless Son to take the penalty we deserved for our wrongdoing\u2014death (Rom. 6:23<\/span><\/a>). Jesus bore our iniquities, died, and rose from the grave. In doing so , He conquered sin so that we can be free.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jesus\u2019 death and resurrection broke the bonds of sin. Are you living in the freedom His blood made possible? We can do nothing to reconcile ourselves to God; our only hope is to accept the free gift of the sacrifice Jesus made on our behalf. In surrendering our life to Him, we find true freedom.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Does that mean we don’t need to make any effort to be kind, considerate, helpful? \u00a0No, when you accept Christ’s love and forgiveness you need to pass on His love and concern to others. \u00a0It’s a hard world to do that in, but it is God’s desire for your \u00a0life.<\/p>\n

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the pilgrim<\/p>\n

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Note: I leave tomorrow morning for the Breeder’s Cup in Louisville’s Churchill Downs, I will post all week from there!<\/p>\n

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