Be strong today my friends. This is not the time to be anxious and to fret.
Allow God´s peace to inhabit your day...to inhabit your mind.
Be gracious to yourself and to those around you. Know that what you do today plants seeds into your life tomorrow and next year and beyond.
Forgiving someone today plants favor into your life for years to come.
Remember what God said when He wrote what is now known as the ¨Lord´s Prayer¨
Matthew 6:12 Kjv And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Some folks think that only refers to money.....but it doesn´t.
Someone can treat you harshly for whatever reason, whether real or a silly excuse, but you still have a choice. First of all, you don´t take an offense personally.... if at all possible.
You don´t know what someone may be going through privately, that it started overflowing into how they are interacting with you.
Also, just based on my background studying psychology, you learn about how humans can react to someone just based upon how they remind you of someone who offended them decades ago.
For example, if someone with a red streak in their hair was very mean to them when they were 12 years old in elementary school, they may keep within their heart an unspoken fear of people with red streaks in their hair. They may unconsciously think that anyone who has a red streak in their hair is not a nice person. It may be illogical and invalid, but realize that the human heart is often irrational and illogical.
These kind of associations happen without us even realizing it. That´s why we need to develop a greater maturity, that we can rise above the petty resentments we may sense around us.
Don´t allow small things to deter you from doing what your goals leads you to. You are still in the driver´s seat of your life, no matter what everyone is doing or saying. Learn to build yourself up in prayer and time in the scriptures. Listen to speeches and lectures that build up your ability to live with clarity on your goals and peacefulness in your heart.
Surround yourself with good music. If you find that hearing lyrics and humans singing is distracting, then find some good instrumental tracks to which you can work. Great music builds up your peace reservoir and allow you to still concentrate on tasks at hand.
White noise.....what a great invention. Loads of them are available for free on youtube.
You listen to hazy background anonymous sounds like ocean waves or bird chirping and it allows your mind to focus on your task at hand rather than trying to sort through the meanings and nuances of songs and lyrics.
Well, friends, that was all I wanted to give you today....a word of encouragement. I want to encourage you to rise above the minor irritations of the day and focus on the greater good. You have so much strength....so much possibility. You are alive. You have time left on this earth.
Use it my friends, to forgive and move on to the goals you have set this day.
Peace,
Carla
