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Grateful or Hateful?
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Time to think—Grateful or hateful:
D. Paul Reilly, For The Guardian -
Nassau, Bahamas:



As I have written about on many occasions in the past, life is all about one's 'Attitude' toward literally everything. We can all look upon anything that is happening to us at any given moment in time, it either a positive or negative way....it's a choice. This even applies to events which take place, which may appear at first glance, to actually be most detrimental to us. I guess, that it's all about our perception, how we as individuals choose to see what is actually taking place each day, as we relentlessly pursue our goals and objectives on the never-ending road to success.

As an extreme example; I recently heard a prominent Minister of Religion, who happens to be of African decent, state, and I'm quoting his exact words here "Thank God for Slavery". He was of course referring to The FACT, that he personally was very grateful that his forefathers came to The Bahamas where he was privileged to be born. This Minister incidentally has traveled extensively throughout the continent of Africa. So he has experienced the actual conditions under which millions of people live in many impoverished, war torn African nations.

This fact of life makes him most grateful for having been born in The Bahamas, which really is for all intents and purposes, a real Paradise on Earth. This intelligent man therefore chose to look upon slavery in a positive light. This incidentally is not to say that he condones it, but that he knew that he personally, as a descendant of slaves, had indeed benefited from being born in The Bahamas.

Yes My Friend, if we all look long enough and hard enough, we'll be able to see the positive, beneficial side to literally any situation. And, when something negative happens, when someone tries to inflict hardship on us in any way, we ALL have a choice to either, as the title of this article puts it, be 'Grateful or Hateful'. Yes My Friend, don't ever forget, that as I have written about many times in the past, no one but no one controls the way in which you think about anything but you. You are in control at all times.

So, even when things appear not to be going too well for you, in any phase of your life, you have a choice to reflect on the fact, that everything is indeed in 'Divine order'. So, you need to chose to see the good in all potentially bad situations. Yes indeed, you can chose to be 'Grateful or hateful', for it really is absolutely up to you, and no one else, believe me.

So the next time something which appears to be bad happens to you; before you start to automatically get into a negative frame of mind; instead, take a deep breath, and then think deeply on how you can turn a potentially bad situation, into something positive and beneficial instead.

THINK ABOUT IT!

dpr@humanri.com


* Listen to 'Time To Think' the radio program on Star 106.5FM at 8:55 AM & 6:15 PM

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