I can’t remember when I started biting my nails, but photos indicate that it started early. Why does one do this? Those of you who have never bitten your nails probably recoil at the thought. It’s kind of a weird habit when you think about it. Which you shouldn’t. My mom applied some nasty tasting stuff to my nails to get me to quit, but I just got used to the taste and kept right on with it.
When I got engaged, my husband-to-be expressed a desire have me pick out an engagement ring. “Oh, I don’t want an engagement ring,” I said, “It’ll draw attention to my hands.” Those unsightly nail-bitten hands! He ignored this bit of vanity and I quit biting my nails for a while to make them more worthy of the ring. But old habits die hard and over the years I’ve returned to it off and on.
I had an insight recently that if I made my nails pretty, I wouldn’t be nearly so tempted to bite them. I purchased a nice color of nail polish and one morning before church I did the deed, looking forward to the no-doubt elegant looking nails I’d be sporting. The result looked like I’d commandeered the nearest 5-year-old to do it for me and unfortunately I didn’t have time to undo it. Also, I had deceived myself as to the length of my nails, a deception that was completely undone when they were covered with dark red polish.
I laughed so hard! Vanity, vanity, all is vanity. But I haven’t given up yet.
On to the topic of inflation. I’ve been detecting a disturbing kind of inflation, one that can’t be detected when you buy groceries or gas. Here’s part of a discussion I was listening to:
Man #1, upon hearing something he agreed with: “Oh, a hundred percent!”
Man #2, after more discussion and hearing something he agreed with as well: “Yes! A thousand percent!”
Man #1, a couple minutes later in the discussion: “I agree, one million percent!”
Friends, what is happening here? Can’t we be satisfied with one hundred percent anymore? And if that’s not enough, we are suddenly needing to be “beyond grateful” and “beyond excited.” Why? What happens when “beyond grateful” is no longer grateful enough?
This is an inflation you can do something about. Don’t let it happen to you.
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Perhaps you could bring back the custom of wearing white gloves to church?
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It’s probably too late for that. Good thought, though!! 😄
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