Wednesday, October 05, 2016

The Second Three Things

There are three things in life that can destroy a person.  Whatever you do, do not fall victim to these.

     ~Anger
          ~Pride
               ~Unforgiveness


Anger
Anger never works.  It often acts like a cancer, eating away on the person who is angry rather than affecting the one toward whom the anger is directed.  It is like eating empty calories – chips, cookies – they may taste good but where is the nutritional value?  And I question whether anger really does ‘taste good’.



Pride
I recall an ancient scriptural text that says this: Pride goes before a fall. 
There is such a thing as a ‘good pride’.  I have pride in the writing I do on most days.  That’s good – it is a form of self-acceptance.

However – pride that is of a ‘better than others’ stripe stinks. 

We had a joke in college that went like this: “I’m proud I’m humble.”

Pride is a dangerous attribute.  Consider these synonyms
Conceit
  Smugness
    Egotism
      Vanity
        Superiority

These attitudes can be sensed from a long way off. 
  

Un-forgiveness
Are you ever in need of mercy, compassion, understanding, tolerance and pardon?  Then you are one in need of forgiveness.

What a horrible sentence it is to aim Un-forgiveness against another person. 

Reconciliation – now that is the next step after Un-forgiveness. 

To Reconcile
   ~Settle
      ~Resolve
         ~Merge
            ~Join

We need a good dose of merging our hearts after a fallout, don’t you think?

Just some thoughts

Four more in in this series.


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Inspiration
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