Daily Mood Quote - August 16, 2011

 

Daily Mood Quote

Day 105 – August 16, 2011

“Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.”

~Les Brown

We're only human and yesterday was a very bad day. People judged us and took what little money we had left. That's okay, we'll make more. We're skilled, talented and educated and the only thing we have to fear, is fear itself (Thanks FDR). So, we find ourselves in a situation that would normally make most people quit, hang their heads and walk away, or whatever crushed people do. That solves nothing and quite honestly, we are made a sterner stuff. We will pick ourselves up and make good decisions, based on our new knowledge and begin again. And, to those who were yesterday, judging and laughing and think themselves better, because they have not ever experienced events beyond their control, I say to you, good luck!! I know fate is coming in your direction like a freight train and she is one wicked and unforgiving bit%^. Remember, “what goes around comes around.”

That said, I find myself needing to take my own advice today. So to begin with, I will take the advice Corrie Ten Boom once said, “ Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.” Meaning, it isn't going to help to worry about what you cannot change. The fact is, worry is a miserable, bastard child of fear, it has no good use. It gets in the way of reason and stops us in our tracks. It is an artifact of humanity's early struggles in the wilderness. Why did we build fires? Because we worried about “ghosts in the darkness” and of course the odd predator looking for dinner. It seems today's predators come with two legs, not four. The best cure for worry is a clear thought, a smart plan and positive forward movement. When you are bogged down by worry in your mind, you can do nothing. Franklin D. Roosevelt said:“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.” If there was ever a guy who had stuff to worry about, it was him. He was crippled by partial paralysis, in a wheelchair and the fate of the world rested in his hands. Our current challenges are nothing by comparison.

What we have to do, is forgive ourselves for trusting the wrong people, this will be the last time. Plan a clear course of decisive positive action and commit ourselves to carry it out with determination and diligence. This also includes no longer listening to those who make their living by instilling fear in others. Shame on you!!!

Yesterday, I asked the question to the universe, “Why me?” Today, I know that since I am strong enough; “If not me, then who?” What do I mean by this, it's simple. We are not alone in facing difficult financial, or sociological situations; it's happening all over the world. I will document our evolving economic and self-worth re-genesis as we go, for your (the readers) benefit. Perhaps the solutions we find (my husband and I) will help someone in a similar situation. Everyone deserves a second chance. A Japanese Proverb states, “fall down seven times, get up eight”....or nine, ten, or whatever it takes. Crystal Hunt said, “Never regret anything you have been through, because only with those trials, will you become a better person the next day.”

In the movie The Verdict, Frank Galvin (played by Paul Newman) said, “You know, so much of the time we're just lost. We say, "Please, God, tell us what is right; tell us what is true." And there is no justice: the rich win, the poor are powerless. We become tired of hearing people lie. And after a time, we become dead... a little dead. We think of ourselves as victims... and we become victims. We become... we become weak. We doubt ourselves, we doubt our beliefs. We doubt our institutions. And we doubt the law. But today you are the law. You ARE the law. Not some book... not the lawyers... not the, a marble statue... or the trappings of the court. See those are just symbols of our desire to be just. They are... they are, in fact, a prayer: a fervent and a frightened prayer. In my religion, they say, "Act as if ye had faith... and faith will be given to you." IF... if we are to have faith in justice, we need only to believe in ourselves. And ACT with justice. See, I believe there is justice in our hearts.” I think that pretty much sums it up. We will act justly by pulling ourselves up once again and let the “universe” deal out its own justice to those who have acted so poorly toward us.

Will you put worry aside and move forward today?

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