Are you for or against?
By Pose123
@Pose123 (21635)
Canada
March 25, 2010 11:17am CST
How many of us choose to live for, rather than against? If we were to focus on what we love and not on any kind of hate, if we practiced genuine, cleansing forgiveness, and let the burden of resentment fall away, then and we wouldn't have to constantly fight against what is destructive and draining in our lives. If we would concern ourselves more with accepting responsibility rather than with assigning blame, and let possibilities inspire us rather than obstacles discourage us,then in each day we would find that life is good and we have much to live for. Let's think about this when we become discouraged with what's happening in our life, and maybe we'll se the silver lining that's in every cloud.
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8 responses
@red_amethyst (3518)
• Philippines
28 Mar 10
Hello Pose,
It is an individual choice on how he will live his life. There are a lot of people who are not happy with their life because they have a lot of resentment in life. They have a lot of hatred in their hearts that sometimes would make them very unhappy. We should always focus on our blessings and the people around us. Never keep a hatred for so long. We only have one life to live, and we should live it to the fullest. Let's be happy and feel loved always.
Enjoy life and of course Enjoy posting here :D 

@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
26 Mar 10
hi pose123 This is a thought provoking and great discussion. I
am just thinking this is a much better way of looking at our
'life than what I have been doing.Events happen that just about
destroyed us and now I and my son my only close family are
trying to rebuild, but hes still out of work and its been hard
to me to see any silver lining in that big cloud that forced
me to live here in a retirement home simply because we were evicted
and made homeless. but I do have a semi home for now and my son
has been helped to so he has an apartment with theree other men
'all out of wo rk. I do know things will get better so must
look at life with hope again. Looking back we realize the errors
we made, so maybe when we get things straightened out we'll have'learned some good lessons
.

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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
27 Mar 10
Hi Hatley, So good to hear from you again and sorry to hear that your son still hasn't found work. Tell him to never give up hope. We are both fortunate to live in countries where there is help for those who are down on their luck. A change for the best may be just around the corner. Once, many years ago, I was out of work for more than a year but finally the break came and things kept improving after that. Thanks for commenting my friend. Blessings.
@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
26 Mar 10
I do believe that there is a cloud with a silver lining
but it s hard to see that when you are facing lots of
difficulties in life. I believe that friends can play
an important role in our life. They can help us
overcome difficulties in life by merely listening to us.
I do think that a problem shared, is a problem halved.
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
27 Mar 10
Hi ronald, Some very good thoughts here especially about listening. Too often we speak when we should be listening, and when we hurt another's feelings which I know I've done, I always wish later that I'd said nothing. I agree to that seeing that silver lining is often difficult in real life situations. Blessings.
@barehugs (8973)
• Canada
25 Mar 10
My Mother used to say, "When you want to know the character of a woman. Look at her home. If the windows are filled with blooming Geraniums, ( my mom loved Geraniums) a kind and generous woman lives there!" A person who loves Plants, connects to the Infinite through these living, breathing, plant Spirits. Plants are so tuned in, they simply refuse to bloom for the impious. Blooming plants are the signboards of God!
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
26 Mar 10
Hiya pose,
There are things that are much easier to forget but the closer it gets to your Family Circle it hurts much more and it is much harder to forgive. Okay you can forgive but there is also the forgetting business too not so easy depending how deep the hurt is.
Not so easy to forgive and forget at the same time. We can say it with our heads I forgive you and let you go but your heart has to be part of that ritual. In other words your heart deep within your Heart you have to be willing to let go off everything everything.
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
27 Mar 10
Hiya pose,
If anyone has problems forgiving they should just recognise it and let it go don“t try to sit on the anger which makes things worse it can bottle up over the Years and cause problems later on.
Like a Volcano it will erupt sometime in the future if it is not dealt with properly.
@nangisha (3495)
• Indonesia
26 Mar 10
Good motivator word. Seeing life in positive ways its a good idea to run our life. Forgiving is good way to carry on to future, hate will make you always look to the past and you will not go anywhere from there. I believing in doing something we had to do, give our best and honest about our ability, so we wont do anything beyond our knowledge.
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@savypat (20216)
• United States
26 Mar 10
I am a much more for than against type person. My first thought when hearing about something new is that sounds good. But I do like to explore as much information about something new before I try it or recomend it to anyone. So many things sound good but end up not so good.
@sleepylittlerose (1648)
• United States
25 Mar 10
People need to find their purpose in life in order to be able to do what you have described here. And unfortunately many people never find this. I feel that I am one of the lucky people in the world as I found this at a pretty young age and have been able to be a "giver". My opinion is that often people are not able to find thier purpose becuase they are too busy being wrapped up in their day to day life to look at the bigger picture of the beautiful world around them. I hope everyone takes this moment to look at what is around them, say a little thank you for those things that are special to you and cast away the negatives so that you can enjoy the finer things just that much more.
Thanks Pose123 for such a great topic. Happy MyLotting








