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