A Life of Fear or a Life of Kindness
It really does comes down to that…
I was reading a post the other day, and it reminded me of a recurring thought I have had many, many times.
We can’t fight hate and anger with more hate and anger. This only feeds the flames, and it drags all of us down into the abyss.
The only true path for moving forward, is to be a source of love, hope and positivity.
For some reason, many consider this stance as weak.
But quite the opposite is true.
It takes true strength to be kind when the world is in chaos.
But a lot of folks opt to get on social media, and be anonymously ugly to people.
They follow people they disagree with just so they can say something incendiary when the moment presents itself.
And when they do this, they just get angrier and more frightened.
And our world becomes more divided.
And the cycle of hate goes on… and on…
It’s time to change that.
No one is ever going to change anyone’s mind with this tired methodology.
The reason is, that each of us is on our own path, and we must learn to respect that.
We have our reasons for believing what we do. It could be personal experience, the experiences of others (both of which might be subjective), misinformation, or something else we may not even understand.
The truth is, the only person we can control is ourselves.
And we are the only ones that can decide how we want to spend our time here on this planet.
We need to project joy, not fear.
We need to be grateful for all of the blessings in our lives, not center in on the distractions of the uncontrollable or uncomfortable.
We need to have our minds open, always eager to learn, always willing to add additional knowledge to our brains, and overwrite the flawed data.
I’m pretty sure God has control of all of this.
And God (or the Universe, or Allah, or Brahma, or which ever name you prefer… I’m good with all of these…) is pretty amazing, and vast. More than we can even begin to comprehend.
God doesn’t need any of us to tell anyone else how to live their lives, how to think, who to love, etc… etc…
God has a plan for each of us. Believe that.
There is an unseen army all around us taking care of each plan.
Your assistance is not needed.
Focus on your journey.
Your only contribution to society should be kindness, love and compassion.
It really takes a lot of weight off your shoulders.
So what’s it gonna be…
A life of kindness and gratitude… one where people feel at ease in your presence.
or a life of fear and anger.
