One of my contacts on FB posts various images, content, and negative allusions in a constant show of disrespect and vitriol to President Obama. He is not singular and he has a right to do this. I have no issue with people disliking the president. Basically, this individual is a good person. In my life I have experienced persistent anger and desire to act out to someone based upon perceived slight and differences. Time has taught me that my reactions usually arise from issues within me and not the victim. The victim is never affected by anything I say, think, do or plan, unless I act out in a way that could result in consequences. Something in my being was fighting within me and having me project the sins upon the enemy outside rather than the spirit inside of me. As long as I could blame the other, I never had to confront me. The enemy could shrug and walk away, but I lived in the battlefield. In time I realized that the conflict was a distraction and would only register as a blip in time in the measure of my life, unless I made it the all-consuming definition of my life. There would be no winner, no loser. I needed to let go and focus on issues that truly matter to the quality of my life. Each of us has trials and tribulations, wants and disappointments, fulfillment and failure. That is just the way life is. Sometimes we have control of our lives. Often, we do not. Getting stuck in focusing upon the shortcomings of others just keeps us from facing our own. Addendum: I learned to place myself at the veil talking to God. I had to be able to defend my actions and explain why they were so assaultive and negative upon another individual, who was also a child of God. Why did they go on so long? What was the long term effect upon me and the other person? Was I building or tearing down? If I tore down, what had I strived to build as a replacement? WHY DID I HAVE TO BE RIGHT? It is sad to watch this contact behave this way, because he is a better man than this (or at least I want him to be one). It is his battle. It is his right. I can accept him in spite of this characteristic and these actions. Otherwise, I can only trust that he will figure it out for himself and maintain a wait and see attitude.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:44:59 +0000
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