More Wisdom for the New Year

"When opportunity knocks, some people are in the backyard looking for four-leaf clovers."  ---Polish Proverb      

      

     This blog tags many things as "irony."  Irony relies on an incongruity of what is expected and what the actual results are, as defined by Merriam -Webster.   Hence, irony can be of the humorous or non-humorous variety, and this blog has some of both.  

     Merriam-Webster notes that one form of irony is sarcasm.  I steer away from sarcasm in both blogging and in real life. Sarcasm often has the intent to wound another without taking responsibility for doing so: the sarcastic person tries to hide behind "humor."

     I will admit to frequently being "sardonic."  Sardonic comments can be disdainful, but this method can be used without identifying a particular person to verbally take down.  I get sardonic about situations far more than about people.  When I do otherwise, due to my Christian values, I have sinned and need to ask for forgiveness.  I am not without background to set forth opinions in this area.