All Dumb Dogs

This is a sign I saw last week that made me laugh.  It’s a sign I think maybe all of us should wear to remind ourselves that we mean well, but sometimes we’re all just “dumb dogs.” 

We need to go slow and give each other grace. 

Kind of like when John recently asked our waitress when she was due. 

And she wasn’t pregnant. 

A large tip was involved. 

He was a “dumb dog”.  But he meant well.

He was just trying to be friendly.

He had asked me first if I thought she was pregnant.  I said “yes”. 

I NEVER thought he’d make the dumb dog mistake of asking her when she was due!!  But I make them too.  We all do.

I’ve read recently in several articles that we tend to judge others based on their actions, but ourselves on our motives. 

Similarly, in The Me I Want to Be, John Ortberg writes, “We suffer from the fundamental attribution error.  When I see bad behavior in you, I attribute it to your flawed character.  When it happens in me, I attribute it to extraordinarily trying circumstances.”

So today I’m trying to go slow, remember we’re all “dumb dogs” sometimes, and we’re ALL doing our best. 

It’s all grace.