STOP.. Take a good long look in the mirror.

[redhen]

People avoid TRUTH and seek fluff. Fluff can't save you or secure your eternity. I guess you'll find out when you die. ya know its a pretty known fact that one out of every one person will die and it dosen''t always mean at an old age. You will hold an account for what you BELEIVE someday.The problem with self esteem is the SELF. If whats true for you is true for you and what's true for me is true for me, what if my truth says yours is a lie? Is it still true? " In the last days men will no longer heed truth but heap up for themselves teachers, desiring to hear what their itching ears want to hear"(Bible). Chic-n-Farmer i send you love in Christ.

Hey, we aint in church here. The OP has asked you to stop preaching.
While i respect your values, and think they are nice and all. When you start shoving that stuff down peoples throats thats when you make people want to puke it right back up.
Maybe back off a bit, huh?

 

[redhen]

Look you know me.  All of you, some more than others. So tonight I’m going to say a few things and if you don’t like it, keep on scrolling and pass this by. You will not hurt my feelings.
 Everyone has problems, some financial, family, health, neighbors, job, yaddda, yadda, yadda. (I have not said that since I wore a uniform.) BUT and it’s a big but and MY opinion, but WAKE UP……
LOOK IN THE MIRROR.     Who are you? Is your life consumed with your problems and you are miserable? Have you let yourself be miserable? Are you blaming it on others or waiting for someone else to fix your life? 
Even if your problems are all of the above, a million dollars would not fix it permanently.   Sure all your bills would be paid, you’d help a few others, you’d take a vacation, whatever.  But the very next day there WILL be a new problem in your life. That’s life.
Some problems can be fixed with your next paycheck but some problems may be out of your control and will take a little more time. And I am not just talking about money.  You cannot let things consume you to the point you over look the amazing joys you do have in your life, and so many of us do. 
Were you so wound up today that you over look a child that showed you a picture they made just for you?  Did you forget to be grateful for the awesome supper on the table?  Were you not grateful for the fact that you did get to wake up and you were blessed with one more day?
Do you spend time with your friend and co workers complaining about how exhausting and miserable your life is to the point you wonder why no one wants to be around you?  Why are you alone this weekend?  Why were you not invited to the super bowl party?  Because you whine so much no one wants to be around you.   Is it Saturday and you do not have to work and you say to yourself, “Man I am freakin bored!”  Guess what?????   YOUR BORING.  If your bored, your boring. It is not other people’s responsibility to keep you amused.  Walk away from the drama and and get a life.  Don’t stop living because of your problems. Trust me they will be there in the morning.  Breath…… If you go golfing, hiking, volunteering, paint a bedroom…….your problems will still be there, but you will give yourself a small breather, you may clear the fog in your head a tad, you may actually smile.  Forget the monkey on your back. 
If you can honestly say, “ I am so miserable and my problems are so large I just hate the world.”  You are forgetting something.
Without a doubt, no matter how much a pain in the ***** you are being, someone loves you, someone wishes you would go shoot hoops, color in a coloring book with them, read them a story or go play golf.
Everyday even if for a short time, put your troubles behind you and give thanks for what you have been blessed with.  WHAT YOU SAY???  You cannot think of anything because you are consumed with bills, bald tires, a crappy boss, and low pay? I guess it’s possible. I doubt it, but anything is possible. 
Go to your bedroom…….stand in front of the mirror.
Do you like what you see? 
Do you like what you have become? 
Do you like what you have let control you? 
Did you stop believing in yourself?
 Then do something about it.
 No one can fix your life but you.  When you wake up in the morning and can honestly say, “I have nothing to look forward to, I have nothing to be grateful for, man my life sucks”….start slow….. have a cup of coffee and be grateful that you could afford it, brewed it, and it was awesome.  
And when your crappy boss starts barking, just think back how wonderful that one cup of coffee was. How it made you go…..yummmmmmm. 
[SIZE=11pt]You want to get that same feeling but better??????   It won’t make you problems go away…….. Perform a random act of kindness.  No matter how small, no matter what that act, you will be consumed with an amazing amount of joy that you were able to bring a smile to another person face and for just a moment in time, you both forget the craziness of the world.  Try this daily. Go crazy, try it twice a day and when your day really sucks, slip in a few extras. Then go home, praise God you have one, eat supper with your family, hug your kids, pay your electric bill and be thankful that this month you could.  You are in control of your life.  Be grateful, thankful and pat yourself on the back and remember tomorrow is a new day, your in control, and do the best with what you have.   Wake up, smile, and say to yourself…. “Today will be better and I will try harder. Thank you Lord for blessing me with one more day.”[/SIZE]

Thank you for this message. I think its a very important one to get out there for others to read and absorb.
Thanks again!

 

[sunny & the 5 egg layers]

I just want to take a minute and thank you for writing that up and posting it. Thank you.

 

[Fierlin1182]

Thank you for posting this. I enjoyed reading your comments, and think that it is important for everyone to slow down now and then to try think of something that might be going right.

 

[202roosterlane]

You are so welcome and thank you for reading it.

 

[theotherranch]

202,thank you for your 25 years of service and your post!
Not that the two are equal,your years of service are awesome!
But your post hit home with me since i found myself rudderless a few months ago.
But the ship is coming about and the dagger board is back in the water.

 

[202roosterlane]

See that's awesome and I am so happy for you!

And thank you, I am very proud to have served. God bless the men and women of all branches of service and their families.

 

[Judy]

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