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I chose this quote because when thinking about life I think of all the different options I have. I also think about how hard it is to make decisions morally sometimes in high school. I thought this quote made total sense and I thought that the quote expresses the mindset of a person when making a decision. I totally believe that the right path that ends up for us is the selfless path that benefits others more than yourself. I think that we need to open ourselves to other people just like Shannon L. Alder says, and just because it is what someone thinks, it does not make it correct. I believe that decisions based of selfishness leads us away from God's plan and righteousness. I chose this quote because I think it is very valid and relates to the hard decisions that need to be made in high school. …show more content…
The vision of the servant church centers around reconciliation and living in harmony. This means that we need to turn away from needing to be correct and to start focusing on loving others. The quote relates to this because it talks about how thinking that you are right makes your vision less clear to see the right path and that it could lead to a path of arrogance and selfishness. The path of doing what is right in God's image is not on the path of loving yourself more than everyone else. So, the arrogance of thinking you are always right is associated with not loving others. Also, needing to be correct blinds people from God's image for them. The quote directly relates to the vision of the servant

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