You better think!
Do you have any idea how much energy it takes to hold a grudge? Scientifically I have no idea but common sense tells me it drains us of just about everything we have. I don't care who you are if you are at least old enough to read this you have at one time or another held a grudge against someone. I have to ask you this, has that grudge improved or harmed your quality of life?
I enjoy turning the tables and twisting thoughts to arrive at a point in my writings. Grudges are debilitating in life, they pull all of our resources out and leave us with nothing. So, why do we hold grudges against the people that wronged us when we ourselves do the same thing to others? Don't shoot the messenger just think about it for a moment. If your life is so pure and crystal clean then you certainly have the right to hold a grudge against a person that harms you. However if you are like me and the rest of humanity and you realize that your road to perdition is filled with ruts then you might want to reconsider how you treat people that cross you. Remember the song by Arthea Franklin "You better Think" think about what you are trying to do to me, now now think.
Our lives are filled with hope, potential, excitement, challenges, and all kinds of wonderful things that set us apart in a positive way. Why do we risk it all just to get back at someone? Today, unlike years past, people lash out before they have had time to think about. If you stop reading right now and go to your social media and read the news feed. You will find people attacking others, shouting out obscenities, blaming the world, and saying nasty things simply because they had the opportunity while riding high on emotions. Heck it might even be you that writes those negative things. If you go back in time that opportunity did not exist. We had to sleep on it as they say and by morning with clearer heads our decisions were usually much different than they would have been the night before. You know the old saying, "you can't unwind the clock, and you can't unscramble the egg". Once you write it folks it is there for life. YOU BETTER THINK.
I am asking people to slow down and think before you act. Give thought to what might be going on in the life of the person you are about to extend hate towards. Trust me, you have absolutely no idea of the truths the person you are attacking might be dealing with. THINK ABOUT IT. No one knows your struggles and you do not know those of others.
Peace is the real advocate in a world fraught with bitterness. We can ad to the hatred or we can be the one's that change it. Let go of the past that holds you back. Move away from the grudges that stopped your life dead in it's tracks. Take the controls of your life back and start to enjoy living again. We are told to forgive and that does not mean to wait for the other person to forgive first. All positive actions start with each one of us.
You think hate is a powerful motivator, wait till you try love, peace, and acceptance. It moves mountains. If you are bound to actions of the past start today finding ways to break the chains. Small actions lead to incredible results. The key is to start climbing and never stop. The air gets crisper the closer to the top you get. The view is spectacular and you owe it to yourself to seek it. THINK about it, I bet you would love to dream again and have hope that tomorrow will be better. The real truth is that it can be.
A grudge not only holds you back it holds back the people that love you. If you hold a grudge for too long you will find yourself standing alone at the bottom of the hill with no means to start your climb. When you look around your life and it is filled with bitter people that constantly complain about everything, don't get mad because you are one of them. Take action to transform yourself and it just might give your sphere of influence the courage to get their lives back too. Let's don't create stress let's remove it.
Time to smile and share some peace on this wonderful day.
peace to you
Dale
I enjoy turning the tables and twisting thoughts to arrive at a point in my writings. Grudges are debilitating in life, they pull all of our resources out and leave us with nothing. So, why do we hold grudges against the people that wronged us when we ourselves do the same thing to others? Don't shoot the messenger just think about it for a moment. If your life is so pure and crystal clean then you certainly have the right to hold a grudge against a person that harms you. However if you are like me and the rest of humanity and you realize that your road to perdition is filled with ruts then you might want to reconsider how you treat people that cross you. Remember the song by Arthea Franklin "You better Think" think about what you are trying to do to me, now now think.
Our lives are filled with hope, potential, excitement, challenges, and all kinds of wonderful things that set us apart in a positive way. Why do we risk it all just to get back at someone? Today, unlike years past, people lash out before they have had time to think about. If you stop reading right now and go to your social media and read the news feed. You will find people attacking others, shouting out obscenities, blaming the world, and saying nasty things simply because they had the opportunity while riding high on emotions. Heck it might even be you that writes those negative things. If you go back in time that opportunity did not exist. We had to sleep on it as they say and by morning with clearer heads our decisions were usually much different than they would have been the night before. You know the old saying, "you can't unwind the clock, and you can't unscramble the egg". Once you write it folks it is there for life. YOU BETTER THINK.
I am asking people to slow down and think before you act. Give thought to what might be going on in the life of the person you are about to extend hate towards. Trust me, you have absolutely no idea of the truths the person you are attacking might be dealing with. THINK ABOUT IT. No one knows your struggles and you do not know those of others.
Peace is the real advocate in a world fraught with bitterness. We can ad to the hatred or we can be the one's that change it. Let go of the past that holds you back. Move away from the grudges that stopped your life dead in it's tracks. Take the controls of your life back and start to enjoy living again. We are told to forgive and that does not mean to wait for the other person to forgive first. All positive actions start with each one of us.
You think hate is a powerful motivator, wait till you try love, peace, and acceptance. It moves mountains. If you are bound to actions of the past start today finding ways to break the chains. Small actions lead to incredible results. The key is to start climbing and never stop. The air gets crisper the closer to the top you get. The view is spectacular and you owe it to yourself to seek it. THINK about it, I bet you would love to dream again and have hope that tomorrow will be better. The real truth is that it can be.
A grudge not only holds you back it holds back the people that love you. If you hold a grudge for too long you will find yourself standing alone at the bottom of the hill with no means to start your climb. When you look around your life and it is filled with bitter people that constantly complain about everything, don't get mad because you are one of them. Take action to transform yourself and it just might give your sphere of influence the courage to get their lives back too. Let's don't create stress let's remove it.
Time to smile and share some peace on this wonderful day.
peace to you
Dale
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