Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Do you contribute to the strife and confusion in the world?

People often think that if they don’t stand by their principles and point of view their life will be compromised. Sometimes, however, we need to find a common ground with which to work so that we do not create a greater disaster or imbalance to society and to ourselves.  If we willingly choose to heal our lives individually, we will actually be moving towards healing the world.

A house divided is a strong indicator that discourse and chaos are present.  Don’t ever confuse the power you have in voicing your opinion with that of deliberating causing chaos. It is worth stating, however, that there is more power in agreement and unity.  That is why we should be working towards bringing peace and unity into our personal lives and into the world and not the opposite.  Every time we are overly principled, we are adding to the discourse and strife in the world.  When that happens we magnify the situation and open the door to greater trouble.  We can sometimes be working towards doing what is right yet because of our unwavering principled attitude we cause greater strife and discourse. 

Make no mistake about it, Pride is the devils, the enemies, most effective and destructive tool and it eventually leads to disorder and destruction. Where there is strife there is discourse, ruin and confusion. When we open the door to trouble we allow conflict and misunderstanding in.  It is sometimes better to stay on the high road and refuse to be argumentative and so righteous because we need to prove our point to others or the world. 

Pride vs. humility is key here.  Do you always need to win the argument?  Sometimes it is better to simply walk away and allow God to change the situation.  Be a maker and maintainer of peace.  Keep strife out of your life because it will help towards keeping strife out of the world. 

I think we sometime forget that we actually need to live and co-exist in peace and harmony; that should be our goal! In order for that to happen we need to change from an arrogant disdainful approach and aim towards showing compromise and sometimes a deferential respect for others opinions and different way of doing things or co-existing.

Arguing and a strong need to be right is pride.  Pride makes us insincere and phony.  In this world today, I believe we need to work together and be willing to change and make some adjustments in our attitude, behavior and the environment that we have cultivated.  Wouldn’t it be better to simply humble ourselves and admit that we need to team up together, and invite our Creator into the mix so we can learn to work together for the higher good of all involved?

Don’t make it harder on yourself by opening the door to trouble. In order to heal our lives, we need peace in our lives and we need peace in the world and it all begins with each one of us individually.  So maybe it is time for each one of us to stay on the high road, bit our tongue and move on instead of being so principled that we cause greater conflict, strife and destruction?    Be a maker and a maintainer of peace because we all need to be the difference maker.  It’s time to rise about the conflict and consciously choose to build a foundation towards balance and harmony for ourselves and for the protection of the world.


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