Staying positive

Not always the easiest thing to do.  Even harder when you face tough decisions that impact others.  Harder still when others don’t see that you’re trying to save them from worse harm.

The best any of us can do is take responsibility for our own happiness.  If we aren’t happy all we will do is spread unhappiness to others like a virus.  Sometimes causing a small (or not so small) hurt is the best thing we can do to prevent a larger, more painful harm from coming to pass. 

Not that that makes anything better when you’re in the midst of a painful situation. 






(via rusttee)


To some extent or another, each of us feels empathetic towards those we care for.  But nobody can truly predict or change the thoughts and actions of others no matter how close we get or how much empathy we have. 

It is unfair to ourselves to accept responsibility for the mental state, thoughts, or actions of others, and it is most unfair to others for us to try to project that responsibility onto them.



amen

amen