Chapter 13.1: Change -- Getting Out of a Fixed Mindset
Great favor and disgrace are both alarming; value great hardship as you do yourself. What do I mean by ‘great favor and disgrace are both alarming?’ If great favor comes down into our lives, we are alarmed when we obtain it, and if we lose it, we are alarmed. This is what I mean by ‘great favor and disgrace are both alarming.’ When I was in 6th grade, I moved to a new school. As the new kid, I didn't know anyone and nobody knew me. However, because of a birth injury I have Erb's Palsy, which resulted in one arm being smaller and with more limited range of motion. At the time, it was a visible handicap and the "cool" kids at school teased me about it and called me names. One day, at lunch I convinced them to let me play football with them. After essentially ignoring me on the field for the entire game, on the last play I was wide open in the endzone. After waving my arms at the quarterback for what seemed an eternit...