Journey With Me by Lee (Day 17 of 31)

Day 17 – January 17, 2018

What are you looking for? A pat on the back? Someone to tell you how wonderful you are? Or an exuberant applaud for being a good parent? Maybe you’re hoping your co-workers will invite you to sit at their lunch table? Are you expecting a thank you from your siblings, spouse or children for all the sacrifices you’ve made and in some instances still making?

Please STOP! You cannot control what others say, do or think.

We try to ignore the sneers and side remarks our boss and co-workers say about us–we pretend we don’t hear them.

We deal with all kinds of disappointments and mean behaviors, yet we take the high road, don’t we? What if we decide to ride on the Gutter Train Express today? I wonder how others would feel if our roles were reversed? I’d imagine they would feel like we do: fed up, tired and disgusted.

Taking that train ride would not be a pretty picture at all. In fact, we would be adding to the chaos and spitting out negativity into the atmosphere too.

But wait, something else happens when we do ….

After we release mean words, doubts, fears, worries, un-forgiveness, and grudges in the air, the wind makes a sudden shift and all the garbage we released boomerangs back on us an hundredfold!!!

What is that horrible odor and yucky goo we now have on us? It smells disgusting and we no longer look like ourselves. This wasn’t our plan nor intentions. We only retaliated against those who deserved it, right?  Yet, when we followed their evils ways, this is our reward.

Daily Reflections: What you sow you get back and more ….

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