Be a solution to the problem not a trouble maker.
Choose love and patience and peace by being honest with yourself and who you are.
If you don’t like a situation, check yourself first.
Contribute to society (i.e., your home, your family, your work, your community) in a positive and giving, unselfish manner.
Don’t expect someone else to change especially if you are not giving of love, patience, and peace. You are the change for yourself and others. Chip away and surrender the mess inside of you.
I say all this because I have done and continue to do this for myself as to keep the judgements away. It would be untruthful if I said I have never judged. However, it is what I choose to do in response to that terrible choice I made.
Do you need to ask for forgiveness of someone? Or forgive someone for something they did? Is it easy, heck no, most of the time not. But do it anyway because you know inside that’s the right thing to do.
Friends, be open to someone who comes to you humbly to mend a situation. Be slow to speak so that anger doesn’t rule you. Choose your words carefully and bless others.
~Lori
