Andy and I burst out laughing at this one. Did anyone else find it funny?
Have you ever known someone who meant well but did more harm than good?
November 16, 2018
The Road to What?!
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hahaha!!!
one of my Gram’s favorite sayings…
the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
and the answer to your second question is ME!
I tried to help Bob on many occasions. finally he told me once …
“honey I love you. and I’m glad you’re trying to help. but you’re more like a pet raccoon.”
We love that phrase too. And also Marlo Thomas’s,
We use that one a lot. 😀
Mom says she says this line to Dad often. He tries to help in many ways, but usually doesn’t quite get it right:)
Woos – Lightning, Misty, and Timber
It’s sweet that he tries. 🙂
I remember a bookshop manager I worked for who was set on improving people’s working methods and making the shop more efficient. He would micromanage everyone, hovering around and telling them what they should be doing differently. He got everyone’s backs up, created an unpleasant working environment, and the staff were greatly relieved when he upped sticks and started a new job somewhere else.
That must have been a great relief! Micromanaging seldom works, I think.
This is me.
Or was, I’m changing.
In regards to things I “collect” and gather.
Either because they were free or a great buy.
All with the intent of doing some repair to the house in a cost effective way.
I’ve finally, after all these years, have come to realize it would be better for me to work more at my “job” and pay someone else to do it with the proper materials.
Yep, I’ve definitely had good intentions in the beginning!
:p
It’s just one more learning experience, I think. If you don’t try things you never learn anything. One of my favorite, and most forgiving, sentences is,
The two sentences before it are,
Sometimes the answers need a lot of thought and awareness! It’s not always obvious.
We use the second line of Marlo Thomas’ song here a lot.
We do too. We usually reserve “The road to hell…” for bigger fiascos where the people taking action are so sure they’re morally right that they don’t check to see what the results are.
I like this one. Yes, I think I’ve paved a couple roads with good intentions myself. 🙂
Thanks for stopping by my blog.
We all have! Thanks for coming by here!