Oh, how I miss my dear departed friend Cindy. She was an amazing woman who pulled no punches. She had many wise sayings and retorts that I still use to this day.

One of my favorites is her shortened quip about this Bible passage:

Matthew 7:3-5 (NKJV) And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”

Plank eye! When someone was obviously tripping over their own plank, but felt the need to chastise you on your speck.

Listen- no one here has arrived. No one is perfect. One of the easiest ways to avoid dealing with your issues is to start micromanaging someone else’s.

Plank eye! Let’s make a deal. I’ll work on me, and you work on you.

It’s a win win.