Reaction is their Favorite Action!
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Have you ever noticed some people never get enough drama. Reaction is their favorite action. They never notice the good but are fully aware of the bad that is going on around them. They want what someone else has, they are never satisfied, or just complain about anything and everything.
Honestly, I believe we can all be at our finest or our worst when we are responding to the conflicts around us. When we don't stop to think and we react to every little situation around us, we bring alot of CHAOS into our lives, unnecessary conflict, drama, emotional drain....
I have learned, it doesn't accomplish a thing if I get upset or react. It simply doesn't fix anything, all it does is make the situation worse as far as stress goes, it strains relationships, it causes thinking errors which in turn makes emotions run wild, and always people get hurt.
I can remember when my husband used to drive me crazy because he leaves his shoes in the middle of the floor or his clothes by the bed, but one day as I was thinking about it, I said to myself...if something were to happen to him I would be wishing he was there throwing his clothes on the floor, so now I happily pick them up and go about my day. Sometimes I might remind him where the hamper is and he always apologizes and he does pick them up from time to time, but really, I don't worry about it anymore, now it seems so petty, so why worry about it?!!
I try to always look for the good, sometimes I have to look really hard and sometimes I even ask God...where is the good in this situation because I can't see it. lol! He always seems to show me something that I didn't notice or maybe the reason it happened. I have just learned not to react to everything that comes along.
I'm not sure why I posted this, except someone was complaining today at work and I thought how petty can you get!!
Honestly, I believe we can all be at our finest or our worst when we are responding to the conflicts around us. When we don't stop to think and we react to every little situation around us, we bring alot of CHAOS into our lives, unnecessary conflict, drama, emotional drain....
I have learned, it doesn't accomplish a thing if I get upset or react. It simply doesn't fix anything, all it does is make the situation worse as far as stress goes, it strains relationships, it causes thinking errors which in turn makes emotions run wild, and always people get hurt.
I can remember when my husband used to drive me crazy because he leaves his shoes in the middle of the floor or his clothes by the bed, but one day as I was thinking about it, I said to myself...if something were to happen to him I would be wishing he was there throwing his clothes on the floor, so now I happily pick them up and go about my day. Sometimes I might remind him where the hamper is and he always apologizes and he does pick them up from time to time, but really, I don't worry about it anymore, now it seems so petty, so why worry about it?!!
I try to always look for the good, sometimes I have to look really hard and sometimes I even ask God...where is the good in this situation because I can't see it. lol! He always seems to show me something that I didn't notice or maybe the reason it happened. I have just learned not to react to everything that comes along.
I'm not sure why I posted this, except someone was complaining today at work and I thought how petty can you get!!
posted by Live, Love, Laugh | 1:06 AM
1 Comments:
Hi There.
I have to agree with you about the lack of satisfaction in others, and the way they complain and moan.
I know, because I was once like that, until I realised that it did nothing more than destroy the peace of God in my life.
Now, I'm not perfect, and it's an everyday fight to look at the good and ignore the negative-but it is worth it for the calm in my life and the order I take in dealing with problems, people and situations that would once have sent me reeling.
Where did this calm come from? Through God's Word and a desire to apply that Word in my life. And in this, from God Himself.
Loved the site. Have it in favourites.
Just Passing Through.
God Bless.
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