The advantage the old have over the young is experience. The unfortunate thing about experience is that you can't carry it back into the past and apply it. The advantage of youth, on the other hand, is strength. May that strength not be applied to destructive affection.
If children live with hostility, they learn to fight.
If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn.
If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive.
If children live with ridicule, they learn to be shy.
If children live with jealousy, they learn what envy is.
If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty.
If children live with tolerance, they learn to be patient.
If children live with encouragement, they learn to be confident.
If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves.
If children live with praise, they learn to appreciate.
If children live with sharing, they learn to be generous.
If children live with serenity, they learn to have peace of mind.
Every terrorist was once a child.
Every rapist was once a child.
Every icon was once a child.
WITH WHAT ARE YOUR CHILDREN LIVING?
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What never works is to deny yourself and betray your own core values because of the fear of hurting the feelings of another, scared of being abandoned or ostracised and so you sell your soul to belong.
Nobody succeeds without first aligning themselves with their true values. Your soul is not available to be manipulated by those who have no respect for your personal boundaries.
Be kind and hospitable but place a high value on yourself. Your sense of self worth is key. Build a wall around your soul but let it have a gate. A point of decision as to what goes out and what comes in.
Cultivate that walled garden within. Make it productive and beautiful it will attract those who are perfectly aligned with you.
As you grow older, you'll realise a lot of things are absolutely unnecessary. All those fights... They're not worth your peace. Malice is violence to self. Hatred is a murderous cooking pot.
You're growing older every week. Those weekends you look forward to are actually you ageing in a creeping manner. One day you'll wake up and you'll suddenly be old. You'll wonder where the years went, as did those before you.
Loyalty is important. There are things friends don't do to each other. If you visit malicious injury on a friend, how can he ever trust you again? And evil is often done under the habiliments of righteousness.
Carefully analyse your friends - true friends. They were brought into your life for specific roles. Some of those roles are still 20, 30 years into the future. When you get to the future, it will become apparent. Each of them will play definitive roles. Even Judas had a role
"Brothers and sisters, consider who you were when God called you to salvation. Not many of you were wise scholars by human standards... Not many of you were the elite. But God chose those whom the world considers foolish to shame those who think they are wise." (1 Cor. 1:26-27)
All for you, Lord. It's all yours - my heart, my mind, my means, my gifts, my days, my all... It's all yours. With a heart of gratitude, I say, thank you for yet another year!