Affecting or Infecting?
If you have ever struggled with a little negativity in your own life - such as just not being able to see the forest for the trees - you probably will get what I am going to talk about today. Life choices are based on what we evaluate to be either "negative" or "positive" for our lives. We try to avoid the negative and move toward what we consider to be positive. The time it takes to avoid one and move toward another is really what gives us the most problems, isn't it? One of the things we have to keep in mind is the "ease" at which the negative stuff comes into our lives. It is like this ever-present gift that just keeps on giving! On the other hand, the positive stuff takes a little longer, might seem a little hard to get our hands around, and sometimes even seems to evade us! Summing it all up, friends, I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not ...