Here is my new test of whether one has a positive or negative disposition.
(This is a home-made test, so don’t look for a lot of science in it.)
- When you give directions, do you tell someone to turn at the red light, or the green light? (Not just the colors of the lights: the stop and go attitudes are opposites.)
- If you come upon two cars that have run together, would you call a wrecker or a tow-truck? (Because you have all the wreck you can manage, you don’t need a “wrecker.”)
- Are you “getting by” in prayer or “moving on” in prayer? (You are not the only One who will know!)
- Is it your disposition to say, “enough is enough,” or “more and more?” (Which appears to be positive?)
- When someone thanks you for doing a favor, do you say, “Don’t thank me. It’s the least I could do!” (Is your disposition to do the least you can get by with, or to do all that is needed, to the limits of your ability?)
