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What’s Good for the Goose Is Good for the Gander

January 23, 2023 Diana Derringer Comments 0 Comment

If my sister received a privilege as a child, I thought I had the same right. My little brain believed what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.

Since my grandmother raised geese, I knew a gander was a male goose. However, I also knew this expression applied to both males and females.

What’s good for the goose is good for the gander relates to fairness.

If my sister enjoyed a treat, I wanted one too. That included such favors as:

No chores
Late curfews
New clothes or books

If anything is okay for one person, it should be for another.

I wanted equal treatment, and so did my sister.

Regardless of backgrounds or circumstances, most people want to be treated with:

Respect
Dignity
Worth

What’s good for the goose is good for the gander keeps everyone off a high horse.

If my sister and I acted too high and mighty, we knew our goose was cooked. We ended up in trouble.

God created all people in His image.

To follow God means to treat one another with the same love, forgiveness, and justice God gives.

“Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly” (Leviticus 19:15 NIV).

Thanks to Becky Nash Rowe for the suggestion. Image by Ted Erski from Pixabay.

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Get Your Ducks in a Row

August 4, 2015 Diana Derringer Comments 0 Comment

Life grows hectic if you don’t get your ducks in a row. Mine certainly does.

My desk starts to look like a mountain (or several mountains) of paper. My schedule becomes crazy. I don’t know what to do first. I need to organize – to get my ducks in a row.

Also, if you want only ducks, you need to focus on ducks. Get rid of the geese. Geese look a lot like ducks, as we see in this picture. However, geese are not ducks.

If you fail to organize, you may mistake unnecessary actions for necessary. Like geese, get rid of the unnecessary. Focus on the necessary – the ducks.

If your desk looks like mine, remove the papers you don’t need. If your schedule becomes crazy, plan only what you can do. If you don’t, you soon run out of steam.

Once you get your ducks in a row, you have everything in good order. You do what you need to do when you need to do it.

Some ducky ideas to help you organize:

Pack a day or two before trips.
Write and follow a financial budget.
Study a few days before taking a test.
Make a list of needed items before going to a store.

Then rest in the knowledge that you are starting to get your ducks in a row.

“Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and he will establish your plans” (Proverbs 16:3 NIV).

How do you get your ducks in a row? Please comment.

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