Title Capitalized Because It Was Started From A Seoulsearch Thread And She Always Does This With Her Thread Titles.
Have you ever noticed how much it hurts when somebody else takes your place? It doesn't matter if you hated doing that job. It doesn't matter if they do it better than you could have. It doesn't matter if you are now free to get some much needed rest, or to go on to bigger things... it can really hurt when somebody comes along and moves into the place you used to occupy.
I'll use an example seoulsearch used in another thread, because she already has it all nicely typed out and because she gave me permission to use it here.
seoulsearch's example:
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I'll call the first, Sister Abby -- a woman in her 50's who has been in ministry most of her life. Abby has taken a young woman in the church, Sister Beth (in her 20's) under her own wing, and sees her as someone who could be a good helper to Abby's own personal ministry, as well as someone who might be able to take it over in later years.
Sister Abby has a very introverted, guarded personality; by contrast, Sister Beth is very extroverted, warm, and outgoing. Sister Abby almost always waits for people to approach her first; while the young Sister Beth always makes an effort to approach others first and ask how they are doing.
Over time, Sister Abby sees that the people are becoming much more drawn to Sister Beth, and starts to see this young woman as basically stealing her ministry. She starts to cut Sister Beth out of the loop, excluding her from important events and information, and when Sister Beth asks why, Sister Abby tells her, "I forgive you for all the wrong you've done to me. We just have to forgive each other and move on."
But Sister Beth is left utterly confused over exactly how it is that she has wronged Sister Abby, since she has done everything that Sister Abby asked for her without complaint and in an honoring way.
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(Yeah I didn't do the
Have you ever noticed how much it hurts when somebody else takes your place? It doesn't matter if you hated doing that job. It doesn't matter if they do it better than you could have. It doesn't matter if you are now free to get some much needed rest, or to go on to bigger things... it can really hurt when somebody comes along and moves into the place you used to occupy.
I'll use an example seoulsearch used in another thread, because she already has it all nicely typed out and because she gave me permission to use it here.
seoulsearch's example:
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I'll call the first, Sister Abby -- a woman in her 50's who has been in ministry most of her life. Abby has taken a young woman in the church, Sister Beth (in her 20's) under her own wing, and sees her as someone who could be a good helper to Abby's own personal ministry, as well as someone who might be able to take it over in later years.
Sister Abby has a very introverted, guarded personality; by contrast, Sister Beth is very extroverted, warm, and outgoing. Sister Abby almost always waits for people to approach her first; while the young Sister Beth always makes an effort to approach others first and ask how they are doing.
Over time, Sister Abby sees that the people are becoming much more drawn to Sister Beth, and starts to see this young woman as basically stealing her ministry. She starts to cut Sister Beth out of the loop, excluding her from important events and information, and when Sister Beth asks why, Sister Abby tells her, "I forgive you for all the wrong you've done to me. We just have to forgive each other and move on."
But Sister Beth is left utterly confused over exactly how it is that she has wronged Sister Abby, since she has done everything that Sister Abby asked for her without complaint and in an honoring way.
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(Yeah I didn't do the
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