Charred Remains

TODAY'S QUOTE:
"People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.".... Abigail Van Buren

This quote is a very clever warning against using tit for tat tactics as the pattern for living, unless drama is your chosen destination. Giving as good as you get can be an endless equation that solves no problem that I have ever faced... in fact knee-jerking into revenge mode only makes matters worse.

When someone is out of control, how can joining them do anything but harm. Payback is addicting... they do this... you do that... over and over, changing nothing but the intensity of damage on both sides. A spark becomes a mighty inferno, and afterward all anyone has is charred remains. If payment in life feels necessary, try paying a kindness forward... and leave the payback for all negatives to a higher power. 

If someone does you ill it does not help any to stoop to their level. Leave the offender to the fate of karma and walk away the bigger man, with nothing to excuse in your own behavior. A higher power can dish out better punishment than you could ever dream up. When is the last time you made it rain for 40 days and nights? Take comfort from that and rise above the bull-shit. Why don't you.... think about it.... let it ride.... then decide!!!!

The following link was given to me by a very dear friend. I see it as a shinning example of time well spent making the world a better place. With two arms and a cardboard sign, he changed the world he lives in... and we all have the capability, but too few have the urge.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4