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bluidkiti · 01-16-2016, 06:54 AM

January 16

Opportunity to energize life

How good it is to live with responsibility, imagination, joy and meaning. How frustrated you can feel when the world you encounter seems not to share your desire to be joyful, authentic, useful and competent.

Yet out of that very frustration emerges opportunity to energize life with honesty, to encourage enjoyment and innovation. Because even those who seem not to care, hold inside them a yearning to live with fulfillment and meaning.

Remind yourself that just because someone acts rudely doesn't mean that person wants to be rude. Somewhere in that person, goodness and courtesy long to be expressed.

You cannot avoid negativity. However, you can avoid passing it along, and you can choose not to reflect it back.

Instead, you can reflect back a genuine desire to be useful. You can pass along understanding and enthusiasm, wisdom and joy.

No, it will not put warmth in the heart of every person you encounter. But it won't hurt and it might even help, and it will certainly improve your own outlook.

Ralph S. Marston

01-16-2016, 06:54 AM	#16
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 76,276	January 16 Opportunity to energize life How good it is to live with responsibility, imagination, joy and meaning. How frustrated you can feel when the world you encounter seems not to share your desire to be joyful, authentic, useful and competent. Yet out of that very frustration emerges opportunity to energize life with honesty, to encourage enjoyment and innovation. Because even those who seem not to care, hold inside them a yearning to live with fulfillment and meaning. Remind yourself that just because someone acts rudely doesn't mean that person wants to be rude. Somewhere in that person, goodness and courtesy long to be expressed. You cannot avoid negativity. However, you can avoid passing it along, and you can choose not to reflect it back. Instead, you can reflect back a genuine desire to be useful. You can pass along understanding and enthusiasm, wisdom and joy. No, it will not put warmth in the heart of every person you encounter. But it won't hurt and it might even help, and it will certainly improve your own outlook. Ralph S. Marston __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.