One of the most difficult decisions in life is the decision to forgive someone who has hurt you deeply. But if you find the strength to forgive and to say “I will not hate you another day. I will not invest my spirit in you another day. I will forgive you so I can be free,” you will unlock the door to your prison.
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The door to an emotional prison locks from the inside.
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When you are filled with bitterness or loathing for someone else, you are locked in a bond with that person. Anger tightnes, rather than weakens, your bond with that person.
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Be your own place, or the world’s your jail.
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As long as you are nursing some kind of misery, you are not functioning at your peak. you are still letting a person’s attack hurt you.
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Greetings Everyone,
We had a great turnout for parent/teacher conferences Friday. Thank you to all who were able to attend. It was great to talk to so many parents.
Our pop can drive is still going on this week to raise money for our athletics department. Bring in those pop cans! The SSR class with the most cans will win a pizza party.
MEAP testing starts this week. The students will be testing on Tuesday and Thursday this week and next. I encourage all students to do their very, very best on these test.
Still looking for Kleenex donations. It’s crazy how many colds are going around, including myself! We so prefer to blow our noses with soft Kleenex rather than the scratchy school Kleenex!
Have a great week everyone!
Why stay trapped in a lonely, dark prison where it is impossible for happiness, hope, and optimism to grow? Within that prison, you might fly into rages where you fight back, or you’ll withdraw emotionally, hoping the hurt will go away. You could try to justify your misery because it was caused by the action of someone else, but really, what kind of life is that for you?
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Consider these questions:
Do you think you’re right or do you want to be happy?
Do you want to be a martyr, or do you want to stop being angry every day?
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Set yourself free of the anger, hatred, and bitterness that result from bad treatment. Learn to exercise the choice of forgiveness.
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Teach people to perceive you in the way that you feel you actually should be perceived.
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