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I have noticed a trend lately and it involves thehimself as 'justa' doctor of medicine, would
insertion of a phrase before what we do to payanyone allow him to operate? I have also
the bills each month. It isn't an important phrasewondered on Sunday mornings lately, if I would
and it really doesn't have any right to be insertedstill be in the pew if the minister introduced
in the first place, but it is just the same,himself as 'justa' minister. What about 'justa' police
now-a-days. The unimportant phrase I amofficer on a poorly lit side street at two in the
referring to is the phrase 'justa'. Think back to amorning? Would I allow 'justa' fireman to carry
time when either you or another inserted theme down the ladder away from a burning building.
phrase before stating your title or profession,Lastly, I've wondered how many strong healthy
such as "I'm 'justa' stay at home mom", or "I'myoung men and women would follow the orders
'justa' furniture mover".of 'justa' president!
This phenomenon has lead me to wonder howYou see, the more I unraveled the unwritten rules
many years of higher education it would take forand conditions for the phrase insertion I realized
one to be fortunate enough to have a professionthat it was all silly rubbish and truly needed to be
or title that didn't follow the phrase 'justa'. I alsodone away with! It was simply nothing more than
wonder, while onthe subject, if professionala product of our own low self-esteem. How many
criminals have to follow the same unwritten rules,times have we conditioned the ears of our
as we do. I mean do they have to say, no sir, I'mchildren to such foolishness by saying I am 'justa'
'justa' get-away driver? What about, 'justa'car salesman or 'justa' home school mom? As silly
jewelry thief and 'justa' bank robber? Or is thisas it sounds, it is even more silly for us to use
just a silly phenomenon not worth mention?the phrase insertion in the first place. Now if
If we study the whole silly phenomenon just a bit,someone, who thought a bit more of themselves
I think we will find that the whole phrase insertionthan they should have, gave us the phrase and all
process is a product of egotism? Some so-called,the insertion rules, I say give it back! We don't
superior 'other' person, sometime referred toneed the phrase and we surely won't miss it. We
collectively as 'them', told us that we must insertcan and will live very well without its silly
the phrase under penalty of something, becausenonsense.
'they' were better than us because we had, onlyThere are no 'justa' anyone's. If you replace the
a low level job. While on studying, I did wonder if Iphrase with a more fitting, and descriptive word,
would find that the insertion process was nothingsuch as lowly, unimportant, or ineffective. Then
more than a product of our own low self esteem,one would be forced to stop and remove the
therefore self inflicted or justly due toanother'sinserted phrase all together, because we now
egotism, and/or a combination of both. The factwould be entering the 'political correctness' arena
that certain higher paying professions are exemptand we don't want to go in there! In the process
from having to insert simply re-enforces this point.of removing the inserted phrase 'justa', we all
However, this isn't carved into stone and seemsbecame more important and needed once again,
to be as full of special conditions as the originalworthy of love and friendship! It's like everyone all
insertion unwritten rules.of a sudden just received a promotion by
After wrestling with all the unwritten customarythrowing out the inserted 'justa' phrase! Now we
insertion policies and rules of use, I was leftcan once again be proud of 'a honest days work'!
wondering; if a cancer doctor would introduced