I am sitting here at work at the Food and Care Coalition... and I see some pretty crazy people come in and out. I see some people that REALLY need help in their lives. I also see people that are trying to 'use and abuse' the system. Sometimes I can get really frustrated with certain individuals in the later category. I get upset and don't want to help when I know they are lying to me or just abusing the kindness of this organization.
During a little break I sat down at the computer and watched the Mormon message called "How do I love thee?"
Here it is:
Leave it to Elder Holland to inspire me to see people better.
One line really caught my attention - "Assume the good... and doubt the bad."
As I was thinking about my relationships with the people here in at the Food and Care Coalition, my thoughts went to some of my other relationships in life. My wife, family, and friends... and I tried to evaluate if I can honestly say that I always "assume the good, and doubt the bad". I would like to say that I do, but I know that I don't. Sometimes I assume the BAD, and I respond to situations with shortness, awkward silence, a bad attitude, or just hostile thoughts in my own head. I won't always say much, but I will let it be known that I am frustrated. I start to assume that this person is "out to get me" or "trying to bug me" and I convince myself that the reason I feel the way I do (the dissonance that is happening within myself) is not MY fault, but someone else's. When, in reality, it all has to do with me and the way that I let myself react. If I assume the good, I can act accordingly... and FEEL good.
No more of this crappy feeling when we assume the BAD about people.
Let's try to love like the Savior.
During a little break I sat down at the computer and watched the Mormon message called "How do I love thee?"
Here it is:
Leave it to Elder Holland to inspire me to see people better.
One line really caught my attention - "Assume the good... and doubt the bad."
As I was thinking about my relationships with the people here in at the Food and Care Coalition, my thoughts went to some of my other relationships in life. My wife, family, and friends... and I tried to evaluate if I can honestly say that I always "assume the good, and doubt the bad". I would like to say that I do, but I know that I don't. Sometimes I assume the BAD, and I respond to situations with shortness, awkward silence, a bad attitude, or just hostile thoughts in my own head. I won't always say much, but I will let it be known that I am frustrated. I start to assume that this person is "out to get me" or "trying to bug me" and I convince myself that the reason I feel the way I do (the dissonance that is happening within myself) is not MY fault, but someone else's. When, in reality, it all has to do with me and the way that I let myself react. If I assume the good, I can act accordingly... and FEEL good.
No more of this crappy feeling when we assume the BAD about people.
Let's try to love like the Savior.
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