'Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage.' Yet plenty of people with all the choice in the world consider themselves to be trapped by obligation or bound by expectation. Why can't you do what you want to do? Who or what is stopping you? Is that a genuinely impenetrable obstacle in your path? Or just a small stumbling block you are using as a big excuse? Be ready for a chance to spread your wings - because whether you want it or not, you are about to be given the opportunity to rise up and fly high.
Some people are nice. They are not paid to be nice. They are not obliged to be nice. They are not pursuing some ulterior motive. They just have pleasant dispositions and kind hearts. Others are, well, er... I'm sure they are very nice too, deep down inside, but on the surface well, er... you know. You can't force someone to be nice - though you probably can, if you try hard enough, make a nice person turn nasty. It would appear though that someone is about to be exceedingly nice to you. And life itself is nicely disposed to you.
Has anyone ever told you that you are stupid? I'm sure that if anyone ever did attempt such an insult, you'd demonstrate the inaccuracy of the jibe by summoning the serenity to resist a response. Yet it's always hard, when someone is deliberately trying to provoke a reaction, not to rise to the bait. And it's not always just people that wind us up. Situations can turn faintly ridiculous in the way they seem to push our buttons and trigger our hidden emotions. Whatever's bugging you just ignore it and it will go away.
Don't let the past poison the present. Don't hang on to what happened yesterday. Don't live your life by the standards you once subscribed to. Be sure that what you are doing now reflects what you feel... not what you feel you ought to feel. You can't bring back yesterday, no matter how you try - but you can push tomorrow further away, just by focusing too hard on the past. You've got a wonderful opportunity to embrace, right here and now.
Some people are nice. They are not paid to be nice. They are not obliged to be nice. They are not pursuing some ulterior motive. They just have pleasant dispositions and kind hearts. Others are, well, er... I'm sure they are very nice too, deep down inside, but on the surface well, er... you know. You can't force someone to be nice - though you probably can, if you try hard enough, make a nice person turn nasty. It would appear though that someone is about to be exceedingly nice to you. And life itself is nicely disposed to you.
Has anyone ever told you that you are stupid? I'm sure that if anyone ever did attempt such an insult, you'd demonstrate the inaccuracy of the jibe by summoning the serenity to resist a response. Yet it's always hard, when someone is deliberately trying to provoke a reaction, not to rise to the bait. And it's not always just people that wind us up. Situations can turn faintly ridiculous in the way they seem to push our buttons and trigger our hidden emotions. Whatever's bugging you just ignore it and it will go away.
Don't let the past poison the present. Don't hang on to what happened yesterday. Don't live your life by the standards you once subscribed to. Be sure that what you are doing now reflects what you feel... not what you feel you ought to feel. You can't bring back yesterday, no matter how you try - but you can push tomorrow further away, just by focusing too hard on the past. You've got a wonderful opportunity to embrace, right here and now.
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