spineless weasel

INVERTEBRATES and other unlikely things.

An invertebrate is an animal without a backbone (or spine).
The group includes 95% of all animal species

THE CONTEXT:
In the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I,

Anna sings this song as she strikes up a warm and

affectionate relationship with the children and

the wives of the King of Siam. (wikipedia)

It's a very ancient saying,
But a true and honest thought,
That if you become a teacher,
By your pupils you'll be taught.

As a teacher I've been learning --
You'll forgive me if I boast --
And I've now become an expert,
On the subject I like most.
Getting to know you.

Getting to know you,
Getting to know all about you.
Getting to like you,
Getting to hope you like me.

Getting to know you,
Putting it my way,
But nicely,
You are precisely,
My cup of tea.

Getting to know you,
Getting to know all about you.
Getting to like you,
Getting to hope you like me.

Getting to know you,
Putting it my way,
But nicely,
You are precisely,

My cup of tea.

Getting to know you,
Getting to feel free and easy
When I am with you,
Getting to know what to say

Haven't you noticed
Suddenly I'm bright and breezy?
Because of all the beautiful and new
Things I'm learning about you
Day by day.

Getting to know you,
Getting to feel free and easy
When I am with you,
Getting to know what to say

Haven't you noticed
Suddenly I'm bright and breezy?
Because of all the beautiful and new
Things I'm learning about you
Day .. by ... day.

spineless (Urban Dictionary)
A wimp. A person without a spine.

Someone who has others do the dirty work for them.

Someone who backs down from confrontation or sneaks

around and has others do the job for them.

weasel (www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary)
any of various small slender active carnivorous mammals that

are able to prey on animals larger than themselves, are mostly

brown with white or yellowish underparts,

and in northern forms turn white in winter.

My mentor warned me just
this past week about
calling people names.
I did it again.
I was wrong.

I don't know people
so I try to learn more about them
the more a find out about them
the more I realize they are like me
but learning about people is not always easy
some people don't want to share about themselves.

for a long time I was ashamed, fearful, closed.
I thought no one liked me. One of my counselors
wondered out loud wether I would ever be able to
have meaningful relationships. I think he was
having a difficult time getting through to me.

I went to narcotics anonymous even though I never
touched a narcotic. I learned at those meeteings
that the worst of us is still of great value.

 

And Paul said, "I was not aware, brethren,

that he was high priest; for it is written,

'YOU SHALL NOT SPEAK EVIL OF

A RULER OF YOUR PEOPLE.'"

Acts 23:5