I Try to be Good, Really I Do..........

Forgiveness is truly the hardest thing to overcome. I've constantly tried justifying every ounce of hurt, disappointment, meanness and failure.  Not an easy task!  I seem to get more offended the older I get. I justify this by saying I just have no patience anymore.  A dear friend once told me, 'it's your decision to be offended, or not.'  Nobody actually offends anyone else, it's all in the reactor. I don't totally agree, yes, it is how I respond, but I am a daughter of God, why do people think they can be so cruel.  We've all heard, 'when someone picks on you, it's because they're jealous of you and they want to make you feel bad about yourself', this I get!  People are just that vindictive and overcome with their own bitterness. And 'misery loves company'!  I've been accused of being too sensitive. Well, when someone makes a direct hit on me or my children, heck yeah, I'm sensitive. I have a daily reminder that is a quote from Mark Twain: "anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored, than to anything on which it is poured."  Simple.  Honest. True. It's only my progression, my happiness that gets impeded, they obliviously, or just happily, go forward. Definitely a feat to conquer.