The Power Of Affirmation.

[sandyRoe]

I just had an email with this heading.

I didn't read it, but could it have been a modern version of:

In every day in every way

I am getting better and better?

[Canary42]

I gave an affirmation to the Crown Court when I did Jury duty 😁

[wolf63]

I was 'excused' from Jury duty for life🙂

[Buenchico]

How can I possibly get better and better every day when I'm already perfect anyway?

[Peter Pedant]

I turned up for jury duty looking a bit like Quasimodo ( radiotherapy to orbit) and they asked "christ are you fit for this?"

People affirm their marriage vows ( re-swear something that you can only swear once)

[Peter Pedant]

 when I'm already perfect anyway?

come on come on you atheist, these are attributes of God ( immutability and perfection and lots more)

and you cheeky chico, bits of you arent perfect!

[Buenchico]

^^^ You've been peeking, PP!

😊

[Old_Geezer]

Perfection is like infinity. There are different levels of infinity, likewise there are different levels of perfection. Some of us are way ahead in the race upwards 😉

[Peter Pedant]

perfection as in " I am good at French irregular but not so good at German"

weeelll - perfection is that which cannot  be made better - and just to point out is irrelevant if it is countable ( Cantor) or uncountable

so no I dont agree that there are many kinds of perfection

[Old_Geezer]

That's because you aren't perfect (like the mods).

[Peter Pedant]

OK st Anselm 1085 - take your two perfections - and put them in order  - the one at the top is nearer to God

the secnd one needs a bit of umph ( = not God)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontological_argument

AB has gained a bit of new year va va voom today innit

do you think that soon the mods will SSSTTTTRRRRIIKKKE ?

[Peter Pedant]

That's because you aren't perfect (like the mods).   The mods are like angels - and they never sin !

They have had a busy christmas - can you think of them going to every nativitiy ( singly) and saying -  "I am Gabriel and you will have a lickle baby" - wow I wd need a rest after that, but hey, here they are

[sandyRoe]

Another self-improvement rhyme comes to mind:  I must I must

I must improve my bust.

Could that be from How to win friends and influence people?

[Buenchico]

^^^ It's from a 1970 novel, Sandy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_You_There_God%3F_It%27s_Me,_Margaret.

[Buenchico]

Let's try that again!

https://tinyurl.com/48y5c27w

[Buenchico]

^^^ It was released as a movie in 2023:

[sandyRoe]

The phrases that lodge themselves in the back of ones mind.

Strange, or what?