The Dipper and the Bucket
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Donald O. Clifton wrote a piece a few years ago called The Mystery of the Dipper in the Bucket. It’s a wonderful essay.
The premise is this, in metaphor form:
“Picture every person you meet as having a dipper and a bucket in their possession. Some people will use their dipper to add to
other’s buckets. Some will use it to
take from someone’s bucket.”
I want to add-to your bucket.
Dippers who add-to say things like this:
“I love that tie you are wearing.”
“Hey, you tried your best. Next time you’ll get it right.”
Dippers who take-away say this:
“You louse. You spilled that milk-shake on your shirt.”
“Hey clumsy. You tripped over that rock.”
“Who wrote that report? Your four-year-old?”
See the difference?
Add-to dippers add to one’s life.
Let’s be more of an add-to kind of person.
Let the take-away-dippers go play somewhere else.
P Michael Biggs
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