BITTERNESS IS NOT AN ILLNESS
This story got me really fired up the other day. Seriously, are people out there in the medical world really trying to call bitterness an illness? Please someone tell me this is a bad joke.
Bitterness is a choice. It is an emotion. Same has happiness, sadness, kindness or joy to name a few. You are not born bitter. You choose to be bitter in the same way you choose to be other emotions.
This question came to mind – what is the opposite of bitterness? It’s sweetness. So if bitterness is an illness then does that make sweetness is the cure? If a bitter individual spent countless hours in the same room with a person who is considered sweet, will that make them better? Probably a little bit but not completely change. Each person has their own choice of what they want to be.
One of the most brilliant quotes I have ever come across really speaks to this specific topic:
The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude to me is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than success, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, gift, or skill. It will make or break a company...a church...a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past...we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our attitudes.
-Charles Swindoll
Once again, bitterness is a choice. You may have some sort of crappy circumstance going on around. Maybe you lost your job. Maybe you are really, really sick. Maybe your significant other wants nothing to do with any longer. Maybe you just failed at a task you really did your best to prepare for. Whatever it is, you can choose to sit and sulk OR you can choose to suck it up and move forward as successfully as possible. You know, believe in the best of possibilities as you move forward.
The next moment, the next day can always be better than the past if you want it to be. If you want to be bitter and let your apathy grow that’s all your choice. Your not ill. Please make the choice to believe in the best and anything but bitterness will emanate from your character.
Bitterness is a choice. It is an emotion. Same has happiness, sadness, kindness or joy to name a few. You are not born bitter. You choose to be bitter in the same way you choose to be other emotions.
This question came to mind – what is the opposite of bitterness? It’s sweetness. So if bitterness is an illness then does that make sweetness is the cure? If a bitter individual spent countless hours in the same room with a person who is considered sweet, will that make them better? Probably a little bit but not completely change. Each person has their own choice of what they want to be.
One of the most brilliant quotes I have ever come across really speaks to this specific topic:
The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude to me is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than success, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, gift, or skill. It will make or break a company...a church...a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past...we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our attitudes.
-Charles Swindoll
Once again, bitterness is a choice. You may have some sort of crappy circumstance going on around. Maybe you lost your job. Maybe you are really, really sick. Maybe your significant other wants nothing to do with any longer. Maybe you just failed at a task you really did your best to prepare for. Whatever it is, you can choose to sit and sulk OR you can choose to suck it up and move forward as successfully as possible. You know, believe in the best of possibilities as you move forward.
The next moment, the next day can always be better than the past if you want it to be. If you want to be bitter and let your apathy grow that’s all your choice. Your not ill. Please make the choice to believe in the best and anything but bitterness will emanate from your character.
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