AS we begin this new year,what will your outlook,attitude,lifestle be toward others & yourself.
MINE? hopefully always friendly,upbeat,(unless that friendship is rejected.
What happens then? Does someone responding unfavorably toward you represent an opportunity for you to respond in kind and unload all your emotional garbage on them?
I've heard that's how it works with some folks. And while responding to negativity with negativity is perfectly understandable, it is also only fair to point out that coping with people who are friendly and upbeat does not really represent much of a challenge.
Perhaps a greater challenge is to maintain the same slight smile no matter who you happen to be dealing with and remember that you are only as big as what it takes to upset you. Which means it is entirely up to you and I to decide how big or small we want to be.
I do not think badly of others when they treat me unkindly. Rather, I feel gratitude towards them for giving me the opportunity to train myself to handle adversity.
--Morihei Ueshiba
I'm sure the new year will provide many opportunities for us to train ourselves. Let us hope we are all prepared to be big enough to respond favorably to those opportunities.
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- but, sums things up nicely... 
