Be On Guard!!

So today started out great and it's continued to be so, but I wanted to speak a little about being on guard.

What I mean is: always watch for the things that are thrown in front of you that try to bring you down, obstacles that will trip you if you let them. Even the Bible tells us to guard our hearts and minds.

I try my best to stay positive every day. I try to encourage others with my words and life, and try to help others live their best life. Not everyone shares this goal of mine. There are some people that are small minded, and have a bitter mentality. They find something wrong in everything. I've heard the old saying "he'd find something wrong with a million dollar bill on a silver platter". That's what I experience from time to time. And believe me, they are life suckers!! Their negativity can wipe you out, IF you allow it. It will cause you to become embroiled in some conversations that are best left not discussed if you're trying to stay positive.

I have found Facebook to be a place where life suckers, live, breed and consume others. Facebook isn't bad itself, per se, but out of my almost 1300 "friends" on there, a portion of them are very negative. I have to exit out of Facebook many times so that I'm not caught up in their drama.

Proverbs 26:17 tells us not to pass by and meddle with strife that doesn't belong to us.

Another place in the Bible tells us not to take on the offenses of others.

That very thing happened to me today, on Facebook. I was scrolling through when I saw a post that someone put about "once a cheater, always a cheater". In my life, I've uttered the same words, because most of time, I've found it to be true. But now, I try not to judge anyone. I try my best to look beyond what people do and live a positive life for myself. But for some reason, when I saw that post, I commented on it that "it's not always the case". I also said "some people change and some don't". It was how I felt and I think the author of the post took offense to my comment. There was a brief exchange of comments afterward, nothing serious, but I had to unfollow that thread, because for some reason, I took on an offense that had NOTHING to do with me. Or maybe it did. LOL. I don't know. Anyway, what I'm saying is, I should have kept my nose out of her post and on my own posts. But her comments were coming from a very judgemental standpoint. Now, if I had wanted to, I could have pointed out HER sin. LOL. But I didn't. I just removed myself from the situation and ignored it.

That's really the best thing to do. If you find that you are caught up in something and suddenly you realize it, GET OUT FAST!! Remove yourself from the negative situation and get back on positive ground. It's like if you walk outside and a storm catches you, what do you do? You run to shelter. Same way with negativity. Run from it. Get away as fast as you can. Don't allow them to suck your life from you.

I have some "friends" that are close to me, or think they are, who are soooo negative. They never have anyting good to say, they scream all the time, they are just miserable. I love them, but I can't stand to be around them. I have one very close person whom I just have to cut it off with from time to time and stay away from her, because the spirit that she carries is so terrible that it will pull whatever positivity I have right out of me. And I can't afford that, nor do I like the way it feels. I want to be happy. I want to be light. And I want to be what my nickname seems to be, "Sunshine". I have so many people tell me that I am a ray of sunshine in their world. Let me tell you how you can be that as well. Focus of the good in your life, not the bad. Troubles come to all of us, believe me. But let them come and then thank God for making a way out of them. They will pass. I promise. They always do.

Stay on top of life, don't let the wave take you down. If you feel that you are not where you need to be mentally, or if you feel that negativity has taken over, stop right now and start counting your blessings. You will find that you don't have enough time in one day to name them all.

Also, I'd like to urge you to do affirmations each day. If you don't have time to look in the mirror and do them, then just speak out loud and listen as you talk. Say, "I am worth it. I am strong. I am a good person. I am smart", etc. It works. We have so much that bombardes our minds and hearts from the time that we're small children, and it just keeps heaping on, until one day we're weighted down with it all. That's not how God intends for us to be in life. He wants us to stay positive and happy.

So, I hope I've said somthing that helps you today. My hope for each of you is to be a positive person, even in the face of adversity. You CAN live an uplifted life. The choice is yours.

Remember to work hard and Dream Big!!

Much love,

Christy