Fun and Mental Changes

Here is a project I started some time ago and am working to complete today. Thought everyone would enjoy seeing the progress so far... Due to the very poor pictures, I am going to narrate what each card says so you know how the story goes. It has a GREAT ending. Cinderella's got nothing on me! LOL Every alphabet index card in the Rolodex has another piece to a fairytale starring ME! I moved all the blank cards to the back of the Rolodex just to show how great this looks with all the miscellaneous ribbon pokin out everywhere! A-B is of course "once upon a time"! C-D is "in a land not so far away, there lived a beautiful princess". E-F is "and her name was Danielle". G-H is "she was very thin and wicked funny". I-J-K says, "One day Princess Danielle found a key in the forest and it was attached to a beautiful red ribbon." L-M says, "Anxious to discover what it opened, she put it around her neck and continued on her way....

So I saw something on MySpace yesterday that cracked me up and also made me think. "Don't criticize someone until you've walked a mile in their shoes. That way, you will be a mile away AND will have their shoes." So ok! That is HILARIOUS! But more importantly, what a great attitude to have. I mean, we ALL pre-judge others before first getting to know them or their situation. It's the ones of us who allow that initial "first impression" about another person, their decisions or behavior to keep us from "connecting" who really buy in to the negativity of the first impression. That is really all criticism does. It hurts you MORE than it hurts the other person. At it's very essence, the definition of criticism is: to find fault. How do we get to a place where we can take it one step further? In a world where we are judging this or judging that, and usually in a negative light (as the very definition is "to find negative"), to judge a p...