MOLEHILL

How exhausting it must be to spend one's resources, time and energy being angry at another person.  It can't be much fun living that way.

Why turn a molehill into a mountain?  Storm in a tea cup.

Enmity causes a great divide which is senseless.  

Hard to believe but staying angry-displeased-dissatisfied is a comfort zone for some.  

People who bull doze their way through.  People who rather hide behind a tough demeanor rather than confront their wounded spirit, the stigma of rejection and furious frustrations. People who don't like to be exposed, to have their faults pointed out to them.  People who choose to suffocate their emotions.

Pain is manifested in many different ways.  How an individual respond to pain varies.  

Where one would choose to boldly address these inner demons that cause untold emotional turmoil, another would hide and bury himself/herself deeper in oblivion.  One chooses escapism, the other examination, self-examination.  The latter may be more bothersome, painful and revealing but it's the better way to address the issues for correction purposes. Know from where you're coming from. 

Mental pain and anguish is the distinct signal that something must give.   Psychological, physiological and sociological disorders can trigger a series of physical illnesses from heart attacks to certain types of cancer.

Pay attention.

Happy is the man who has made peace with himself.  Thereafter making peace with others is a lot easier.

P    -  Patient with yourself and others

E    -  Empathize

A    -  Accept what cannot be changed

C    -  Carry on

E    -  Enjoy; you've earned it

Everyone has great value although this thought may be alien to many of us still.  Disbelief in our 'greatness' is probably the single most crippling setback to help us achieve the greatness for which we were created. 

And so rather than aspire to be all we can be, we settle for average and mediocrity, wrapped in false modesty! We become small in our thinking; trivial and petty.  And this would be fine if not for us being the selfish creatures that we are, we want it all!  How typical. On one hand we are thinking we aren't good enough but on the other hand, we blame the universe, God, and everyone around us for our lack, loss and loose behavior.   We feign holiness and humility but in reality we all want to be gods!

This is a step-back.  I know (and so do you) people who have been angry at the world their whole lives. In essence they are angry at themselves for the thousand and one reasons they could not get their way.  There has to be a scapegoat.

Rather than reflect, review and revise their outlook of life, they take their fury out on others. Doesn't seem fair but this is a fallen imperfect world we live in.

If you choose anger, animosity, alienation over fairness, fellowship and forgiveness because it suits your purpose, so be it.

But don't at the end of the day realize that your contempt, hurt and hate have been hurled at the wrong people.  Remorse comes too late when you discover you have crucified the wrong person.

Conscience has a way of making you pay... heavily.