[Faith-talk] thanks everit

[Ron Poire]

I know I fall victim to this as well.
I thought, Everett, you were very diplomatic in what you said.

I wish I was reading more braille.  It certainly helps.


Ron Poire
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Everett Gavel" <everettg at successfuladaptations.com>
To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion" 
<faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] thanks everit


> Hello Andrew, and all,
>
> You're welcome, Andrew.  No problem.  Always happy to help if and when I 
> can.
>
> And now, what I'm about to say, I mean respectfully. Please take it only 
> as the help I'm trying to give it as.  If you want to gain someone's 
> respect, we often have to try harder than someone without a disability, I 
> get that.  No worries.  But we have to pay attention to details, quite 
> often, to do a job right.  And so I want to suggest to any who may 
> benefit, not just you here, Andrew, to please begin paying attention to 
> the details of spelling.  Though many people both sighted and blind, are 
> fairly poor spellers, it often seems far more regular among the blind. 
> Too many of us, me included, put too much trust in our automated voices 
> and often don't pay attention to the facts.  This leaves us looking bad in 
> others eyes who may ever read the things we post on e-mail lists, or in 
> messages written to others.  And yes, possible jobs and employers may well 
> look you up online to see what you're involved in, if anything, when 
> considering hiring you.  No, your situation is not a paying job, but more 
> people need to keep this tip in mind, as many of us would like to work 
> regularly.  Anyway, in this instance, I'm just saying to perhaps begin 
> paying more attention to details, including the details of spelling 
> correctly, typing slower or more accurately, etc. Because quite often, the 
> lack of attention to details that shows itself in e-mail can be found in 
> other parts of one's life, too.
>
> Now, the reason I bring this up is that names of people we respond to are 
> easy to check to see how they're spelled.  Most times right after you hit 
> the command to Reply, you just arrow down a couple lines to see the 
> spelling of the person's name to whom you're responding.  And yet few seem 
> to care enough to do that.  For instance, not that it's a big deal other 
> than that this lack of attention to details may hurt you in trying to 
> learn or remember the sound system to run it.  But, my name for instance, 
> is spelled, E-v-e-r-e-t-t, not, Everit.  Though that's better than how 
> some have butchered it (smile).
>
> Anyway, it's just a friendly suggestion, seriously, to simply begin paying 
> more attention to details.  And I'm not talking to just you here Andrew. 
> Like I've said, this is unfortunately an all too common problem among the 
> blind, at least with e-mail.  I do it too.  Just the other day I realized 
> I was spelling someone's name wrong, as 'Kristy' rather than the correct 
> (for her) 'Kristi.'  Ugh.  Anyway, from an occasional hypocrite, there's a 
> tip to try to help.  Take it or leave it. (smile)
>
> Well, only a 'hypocrite' in the same sense that Christians are all too 
> often called hypocrites.  While some foolish people are, most are not. 
> It's just that we, of course, while knowing the correct ways God tells us 
> to live, and God tells us to tell others about His Word, the Holy Bible, 
> while we try day by day, we still fail miserably now and then.  And so 
> we're called hypocrites.  To that I give a hearty Bah Humbug.  We just 
> fail, or make mistakes, and then begin again, anew.  The thing about a 
> Christian is, we never stop trying to do our best and be our best for our 
> Lord. Thank You, Jesus.
>
>
> John 6:28-29 (NIV)
> 28 Then they asked him, "What must we do to do the works God requires?"
> 29 Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has 
> sent."
>
>
> Strive On!
> Everett
> ----- 
> "We live by faith, not by sight."
> ~ 2 Cor 5:7 ?
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Andrew Edgcumbe" <andrewjedg at gmail.com>
> To: <Faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 9:37 PM
> Subject: [Faith-talk] thanks everit
>
>
>> Hi Everit
>>
>> Thanks for your reply on the sound issue.
>>
>> I do have some support from the  other members in the church that are
>> involved in  music.
>>
>> I  don't know if he would step in and say something or not.
>>
>> One thing he did say to me is basically that he would rather teach
>> somebody else rather than me i fought it was kind of rude of him to
>> say that.
>>
>> Pastors are sapost to  encourrage people not keep putting people out
>> of ministry.
>>
>
>
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