WORTH REPEATING

Posted at 2:53 PM PST on 09/11/2005 FORGIVENESS & LIVING WELL THEY SAY THAT FORGIVING SOMEONE WHO HAS HURT YOU IS THE 1st STEP TO YOUR OWN HEALING. &, LIVING WELL IS THE BEST REVENGE. I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT WE HUMANS HAVE A HABIT OF FOCUSING ON THE NEGATIVE INSTEAD OF THE POSITIVE. 1 PERSON WROTE THAT THEY WERE HURT BY INSENSITIVE OR MEAN-SPIRITED PEOPLE & NOW STORY AFTER STORY (on another message board) ABOUT HURTFUL INCIDENTS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT HOW PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND OBESITY & ARE CRUEL. BUT LOOK AT HOW MANY PEOPLE ON THESE MESSAGE BOARDS TAKE TIME OUT OF THEIR BUSY DAYS TO ENCOUAGE SOMEONE THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW. SO, WHICH SHOULD BE MORE POWERFUL? ... ALL THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE & YOUR SUPPORTIVE SPOUSES, FAMILY MEMBERS & FRIENDS OR A FEW NEGATIVE PEOPLE? COME ON LADIES ... LIFT YOUR HEADS HIGH ... SQUARE THOSE SHOULDERS & FACE THE WORLD WITH CONFIDENCE & GRACIOUSNESS. TELL EVERYONE PROUDLY WHAT YOU ARE DOING & DON'T ALLOW ANYONE OR ANYTHING TO DRAG YOU DOWN. ONLY YOU CAN SHAKE OFF THE AFFECTS FROM SOMETHING NEGATIVE & ONLY YOU CAN GIVE SOMEONE ENTRANCE INTO YOUR MIND WITH THEIR TRASH. I TRULY BELIEVE EVERYONE GOING THROUGH THIS WLS JOURNEY IS A TRUE EXAMPLE OF STRENGTH & INTEGRITY. WE ARE FACING OUR PROBLEM & DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES TO FIX IT! TRY TO EDUCATE THOSE WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND. FORGIVE THOSE WHO ARE JUST PLAIN CRUEL; THEY ARE TRULY MORE MISERABLE THAN ANY OF US HAVE EVER BEEN BEING OBESE OR THEY WOULDN'T NEED TO HURT OTHER PEOPLE. & LIVE WELL WITH KINDNESS & GRACIOUSNESS; YOUR ENEMIES WILL BE PUT TO SHAME BY YOUR CHARACTER & INTEGRITY. GOD BLESS EACH & EVERY ONE OF YOU & MAY TODAY BE A STEP TOWARDS YOUR HEALING, DEAR FRIENDS ... DAWN & NICK