I was just reading Brooke Castillo’s blog and one of the questions she asks practically jumped off of the page:
Will the world be a little bit better because of my efforts?
What a great question. And my answer is, “I sure hope so.”
Then a very different question popped in my head.
Will the world be a bit more bitter because of my efforts?
Sadly, the answer to that is a “yes” for any energy I give to holding a grudge over offering forgiveness. My anger, my frustrations, and my hurts add to the bitterness of a wounded world when I nurse them rather than release them.
It really is time that I stop doing that.
Could that second question also be valuable in your life?
Comments