Posted by Colleen September 2, 2008
Stupid is as Stupid Does
Well, who can forget that famous quote from Forest Gump? “Stupid is as stupid does.” I’ve been thinking about that a lot today, because I did something really stupid.
I didn’t mean to. In fact, I had nothing but good intentions when I did it. However, if I’d taken pause to think first, I probably would have realized I was doing something dumb, and stopped myself.
I tried to correct it, and I apologized, but the damage is still done. Now I just feel like an idiot, and want to crawl into a hole and hide. I should have known better.
I see my son do this all the time. He gets in trouble for something he should know is wrong. A lot of times he just doesn’t think first, does it, then realizes too late the error of his ways. I expect that of a three year-old. I’m 33 years old. I really should have learned my lesson a long time ago about thinking before acting.
Proverbs 13:16 says, “Every prudent man acts out of knowledge, but a fool exposes his folly.” Maybe I’ll remember this the next time I’m about to do something foolish.
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Oh don’t worry, we all do it! I have caught myself lately even more without thinking, just blurting it out, very very bad. Is it baby brain that sucked all of my intelligence cells out?
I could have written this blog post today. I did something really stupid today, I tried to apologize and I’m feeling pretty dumb for not having thought it through first. So thanks for writing exactly what I’m feeling! It’s a good thing we aren’t expected to be perfect.