RISE ABOVE

The last few days I have been learning a new mantra.I call it Rise Above.The dictionary defines the phrasal verb as:to not allow oneself to be hurt or controlled by (something bad or harmful)

There are times when I have taken to heart hurtful words that have really put me down and denied me the joy of every day. I have been bothered so much by what people did and what they did not do and that has occasionally left me with so many scars. Other times I have put emotion into other people's actions and believed that they were out to hurt me. I have walked  like a wounded soldier, wounded in a battle that was not mine to fight in the first place.

In my trail of thoughts I was reminded of a saying by Winston Churchill that says "You will never reach your destination if you stop to throw stones at every dog that barks" 

I realized how selfish it was of me to think that people do what they do on purpose when in the real sense, they might not even have put much thought into what they were doing.This has brought me to a point that I say to myself "my heart has no business "catching feelings" with everyone about everything.Its work is purely to pump blood"

Friends, I think there is need to rise above. Above the petty little hurts of everyday.It's time to put a sieve around our hearts and to sift through what we let in.We need not take everything to heart.If it is constructive criticism,take it correct where need be and move on as a better person. If it is negative criticism brush it off and Rise Above.