I'm spiritually above average

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If your dog starts smiling back you will have achieved nirvana. šŸ¶
 
I like most @goodcatholicā€™s topics and posts. But this one is definitely above his average.
 
To the OP, I honestly canā€™t tell if youā€™re joking or not. If you are, I might recommend a sarcasm font so people who are merely perousing this site may not be led astray. If you arenā€™t, I might recommend adding a daily Litany of Humility to everything else you do that is ā€œabove average.ā€
 
There is another forum that I participate which uses purple boldface to indicate sarcasm. CAF administration might be interested in implementing something similar in the future. I will admit, it took me a while to know that this thread should not be taken seriously.
 
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Irony and sarcasm that are ā€œindicatedā€ loose all their essence, one would sayā€¦
 
Oh you are definitely a 7 or 8ā€¦oops sorry wrong thread.
 
But my first response above would have been an entirely different one had I known this was a humor thread beforehand. I would have written something equally wittyā€¦
 
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I read the Bible, I go to Mass, I read Lives of the Saints, I say decades of the Rosary now and then, I often smile at my neighbour, I always smile at my dog. I often work hard, I pray up to 10 minutes a day, I never blaspheme, I feel sadness for others who are spiritually poor, I only look down on others when it is impossible to do otherwise, I go to Confession even I donā€™t have much to confess.

Yeah, I think Iā€™m rating way above average at the moment.
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From St John of the Cross:

ā€œSome souls suffer from another kind of spiritual anger. They watch over others with a kind of restless fervour, perpetually annoyed by the transgressions they perceive. The impulse arises to reprove the other souls in an angry way. Sometimes they even indulge this nasty urge, elevating themselves as masters of virtue. This is all quire contrary to spiritual meekness.ā€
 
I could start a thread called "Obvious Humour "ā€¦ So you know when I am trying to be funny I can use the acronym (TTBF). Would that be helpful?
 
No, but that would lose its punch. In order for this to be effective, you first have to draw people in with a title such as what you usedā€¦(trying to choose a good emoji here, but the new CAF ones look horrendous compared to the ones on the old system)
 
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I was tossing and turning over which title to use:

Iā€™m spiritually above average
or
Iā€™m above average spiritually
or
Spiritually Iā€™m above average
 
Well, I would have gone something along the lines of ā€œI am the very model of a spirituallyā€¦ā€ šŸ™‚

(adapted from Gilbert and Sullivanā€™s ā€œI Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-Generalā€, Pirates of Penzance)
 
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Not a thread i would have started myself.

(A) I am way off being that spiritually good

(B) It seems like boasting and shouting out ā€œlook at meā€.
 
Hmmā€¦, suddenly the post was moved from ā€œSpiritualityā€ to ā€œCasual Discussionā€. Nonetheless, this is anything butā€¦ casual; wit is by definition spiritual.
 
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thanks for noticing that. I certainly didnā€™t authorise it. šŸ™‚
 
Yeah, but hereā€™s the thingā€¦thereā€™s an appropriate time and place for everything. For instance, if you are in the hospital with a family who just lost a loved one, it probably isnā€™t the time and place for jokes (though it could be, depending on the family dynamic). And if you were to come in and say, ā€œWell, he was a jerk anyway,ā€ the family could be seriously hurt by that if they didnā€™t know you were joking.

In this case, I suspected it was sarcasm, but Iā€™ve worked with enough people who speak just like this to think that it might not be.

That has two potential effects on people who likewise may not pick up the humor. First, if a soul is struggling with the spiritual life, they can get discouraged. We have a natural tendency to compare ourselves to others, after all. Second, if someone is a bit more spiritually mature, but hasnā€™t yet mastered the virtue of humility, that person might likewise be emboldened to boast, only for that person, itā€™s not a joke. Now, youā€™re an accomplice to anotherā€™s sin.

I realize the OP meant none of this. I just think that these types of things arenā€™t helpful.

Anyway, have a wonderful day. Shalom.
 
I tend to struggle with practicing humility and even Iā€™m cringing at this. Poor form friend.
 
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