In life there are the good times and the bad times but what matters is how you handle them.
Give someone a bit of status, money or power and watch how they behave. Truer words have never been uttered than "Give a Man a Rope and He hangs himself", meaning stand back with dignity and class and watch someone in action.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/give_him_enough_rope_and_he%27ll_hang_himself
For me writing is and has always been a passion of mine and it is interesting to watch some show their true selves. I would ask myself three questions.....
If they are capable of doing something to others that is cruel, what are they capable of doing to you when the tides turn? Trust me, they inevitably will turn as an old saying goes, "A Zebra does not change its stripes."
How much power is the person giving away on being consumed by their own demons? If someone tries and fails to illicit the desired response and in fact the complete opposite reaction is obtained then the person winds up looking like a fool and making you pity them and not have anger.
What do you gain from stooping to their level? Rise above and take the high road and turn the other cheek and realize that showing compassion and emotion and not feeding the proverbial beast is the best way to deal with hatred. The OPPOSITE of LOVE is not HATE it is apathy. So, why is it that some remain so vitriolic if they preach the opposite. Practice what you preach!
So Steemians I wish you a great day, night, morning and just consider this some more food for thought.
xoxo,
b.a.
Wiser words where never spoken!
It seems that we have an almost identical view of life, empathy and humbleness.
So I'm going to share with you a bit of my life's most toughest tries.
5 years ago this summer my little brother died 7 days before his birthday, me an my whole family where devastated, but most and most of all, my mom, whom couldn't live with this burden and all that she wanted wast to go see him again in heaven. 8 months later her wish head come true, and at 7 days before her birthday she passed away also.
Two weeks after her funeral something terrible had happened to my dad, I won't give a lot o details about this, he was brutally beaten by a neighbor who suspected us of doin something to him that we didn't.
Luckily after two weeks in the hospital he recovered and he's fine.
Now all I want to say is that even though these where the most toughest years that I head in my entire life, I almost lost it, i was a step away from loosing my mind and also my life. But I didn't. Eventually I got over it, because with the only power I head left I choose at looking at the soothing light at the end of my tunnel.
I thank the Great Architect every day for this experiences and if I could wouldn't change anything. Because this experiences made me the man I am today, I learned a great deal about life, compassion and empathy. I grew a great deal and for that I am most grateful.
Now, one of the most difficult challenges I head was dealing with this person that did what he did to my dad. That was one of the most difficult tasks I have ever head. Because to be honest with you, long after this incident I head very dark thoughts on how should I deal with him, I was consumed by anger, I was dreaming about pulling his eyes out with my own hands, putting him in a wheel chair for the rest of his life and so one. So the biggest fight I have head on this matter was with myself, because if I would have done all this things, then I wouldn't have been any different than him. I would have become the same monster and I just couldn't let that happen.
So I guess this is one of the most important lesson in life when it comes to humbleness and turning the other cheek, I did it, and I did it all the way. And after all of this things I became a better and wiser person and for that I am most grateful.
I chose to see the goodness hidden in the darkness of the night, and to understand that sometimes we can only really grow through deep suffering so that we can truly understand happiness. I know that I was gives this things because I deserved them, all of them, and because someone out there cares about me a great deal and he only wants my well-being. But you know, we always get what we want but not in the way that we would expect it.
So all I'm trying to say to everyone who as the eyes to see and the ears to listen: no matter how hard life cand be, it's always for you own good, and bad things don't happen because God hates you, they happen because he loves you deeply and unconditionally. But this is not an easy thing to truly understand.
Peace and wisdom to you all! <3
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VERY well said , thank you for such a thoughtful response
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Wise words, Madam Battleaxe. :-D
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thank you sir :)
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Yes. Don't feed beasts. They thrive on the attention. As long as someone keeps writing about them, they'll keep reading it.
Turn the page, turn the channel, click the remote control, time for something new. :)
Good post btw... lots of good stuff in it.
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;)
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I'm more like "Stand up and fight" instead of turn the ither cheek!
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Normally I agree with that stance but seems that some have not yet come to realize that they are on the apathy end of your life and you still are not in theirs, the opposite of love is not hate and vitriol it is apathy, this I say again because it is the truth.....
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Interesting. This is like "There is no dark, just the absence of light!".
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exactly
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The problem is never identifying the character but the person with compassion and empathy can't bring them selves to walking away. For these are matters of loyalty. Great read battle and good morning to u!
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I meant for this to read the one WITH compassion and empathy walks away, it is because they have achieved apathy while the more someone rages and indulges in in it the more the true colors show and it just makes them expose themselves. Believe me I have taken the high road. It is out of my hands.
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Have you ever read the Cain and Abel section in the Bible? These couple paragraphs give a large amount of insight into human psychology, amazingly this was over a thousand years ago and we haven't seemed to change a lot since then. When we fail the demon in our eyes is not our actions that lead to the failure, but those we see succeeding where we failed.
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Oh yes, I see the more amped up the vitriol the weaker they are....rising above, turning the other cheek is the way
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Great post! I used to think and believe on the turn your other cheek, but now I believe in cautioning people. "Fool me once, can't fool me again!"
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wow i needed to read this post like yesterday, i did something horrible and vindictive cause my Ex did something vindictive, and now it started this huge mess of trouble and drama :(
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yes wise worlds as ever mIss Battleaxe, Pride before a Fall helps nobody !!
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@batteaxe, excelente blog.
Puedes visitar mi blog.
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Good truths here.
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Nice article, upvoted. Nice writer, following.
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