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Post by ocelot on Oct 31, 2005 13:10:40 GMT -5
"I tell you one thing -- if you want peace of mind, do not find fault with others. Rather learn to see your own faults. Learn to make the whole world your own. No one is a stranger; this whole world is your own." - Sri Sarada Devi
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Post by shavonfan on Oct 31, 2005 16:40:52 GMT -5
You know, you can look at every situation in either a positive or a negative way: the same glass of water is both half full and half empty. It's just a matter of how you choose to see it. What a devastating affect it must have on people who seem to have a bent toward finding the thing that is wrong in others. I have always felt that the way you treat another person is a clear sign of how you regard yourself. And you know, the way you treat another person is truly how you define the person that you are! I don't believe that we should spend too much time beating ourselves up even in finding our own faults (although I have a tendency to do just that.) True peace comes, I believe, in recognizing and admitting our faults, and then choosing to learn from them and correct what we can. In treating ourselves in this way, we should also extend the same grace toward others...."in everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets." - Matthew 7:12.
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Post by shavonfan on Oct 31, 2005 16:42:46 GMT -5
By the way, Leona, thank you for sharing that quote!
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Post by ocelot on Oct 31, 2005 16:53:18 GMT -5
I absolutely agree with you there, Mark. I also am great at spending too much time beating myself up over my faults.
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Post by shavonfan on Oct 31, 2005 17:50:44 GMT -5
"When people say bad things about you, don't get upset. Just think what they
could say if they knew the truth!" --Mother Theresa
Well, just to further this discussion, here's a flip-side take on it!
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