Poison

As time goes by the more and more and I realize the impact that one's attitude has on his life. Attitude is more important than any facts in any given situation. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failure, than success, than what anyone might say or think.

It transcends appearance, skill, talent. It may break or make a home, relationship, life. The thing that is truly remarkable about attitude though is that we have a choice to choose our attitude everyday. We cannot change our past. We cannot change the facts that surround a situation. We cannot change how people might react, nor can we change what is inevitable. There is but one thing that any person has control of, and that is our attitude. I know I talked about this in an earlier blog, but I am seeing the womb of that that tree bearing fruit more and more. The situations that surround me are but a small percentage of my life, the biggest percentage of my life is how I react to a given situation.

I am turning over a new leaf. I am sucking the poison out of my life. I have been infected. We all have been infected with the poison of grudges, hurt, pain, malice, and anger. We hold on them to them to justify ourselves. When someone hurts me, I told that against them. I use that pain to fuel myself. What kind of life is that? A life that is fueled by anger, hurt, or pain. These feelings are fleeting, they are the work of evil. Once they burn out, the person is left with nothing. No fuel to move in any direction. I must find positive energy to back me up.

When I am mad at someone and hold things against them, it is really only hurting me in the end. I want them to hurt like I do, but in the end I hurt myself me. I am turning over a new leaf. I am releasing the negative in my life and trying to walk a more narrow road. A road of self-discovery.