I think we should avoid talking about negative things as much as possible because I believe that words are powerful. But I feel that it's important to talk about feelings if they are bugging us, and feelings can be negative. This week passed by and I felt that it has been difficult for me. I have been in the middle of moral conflicts. I have been asking myself questions that I still haven't found the answers to.
I asked myself if being useful also means doing things that are not exactly in accordance to what you believe in, but that might help someone somehow at the end. Or is it more important to follow whatever you believe in (no matter what!) and not do anything that it's not in accordance to your personal beliefs? Very conflicting.
If something is good, it doesn't matter if it's not exactly how you believe in as long as it can truly help people, but how are we supposed to be sure that we are actually helping anyone? Do people in general even care if there are better ways to do things or they just don't want to change things because it might hurt their personal pride?
I want to do things to be useful, but at the same time, I don't know if I should do things that I don't truly believe in. Won't it feel wrong in my guts to do something in a way that it's not the one that I believe to be the best for me? Institutions and people work in the way that they believe is the right way for them and it might not be bad, but it might not be the best for you personally. But if you don't join them in their effort, even when it's not exactly what you would have chosen for yourself as the best way, will you be useful to anyone at all at the end?
Many times, changes don't happen because of hurt pride and stubbornness...why do people in general and institutions in general tend to think that what they do or what they achieve don't have space for improvement? Sometimes, we don't see certain things that others do and, when they present us with their views, they might actually add something positive, it does not mean any personal attack or any other obscure reason. It doesn't mean that the person or institution was not good enough either, just because the changes were applied. Nothing and nobody is perfect! But the fact that a person or an institution decide to not improve because they fear they might be seen differently (being judged by others as not good enough), or whatever other reason, it's just too sad. Positive changes should always be implemented, even if we would prefer otherwise, because the general well being of people shouldn't be based on personal preferences, but should be based on the true best for everybody in general...obviously the change itself should only be implemented if it's truly better! Institutions, many times, say that they are open to changes, but it seems to be limited to whom they will affect and how. Why is that?
Sometimes I feel that everything is about competition in this world, but not the good type. The type that wants all the best for yourself and the not so good rest to everybody else...
I also don't understand the reason why people get so focused in what someone seems to be and not what someone really is...food for thought!
Well, I read this message from the spirit Emmanuel and I think it has everything to do with this post and I apply this message to myself first, to try to see which parts of it can be applied to me as a person (for personal improvement purposes!). I believe everybody can see themselves in every message if they think carefully about their attitudes...it's a good exercise...
Peace!
Mrs. P
"The person who thinks he knows something really doesn't know as he ought to know" - Paul (I Corinthians 8:2)
Civilization has always sought to know excessively but had never known what is suitable to know.
Therefore, even now, the airplane bombards, the radio broadcasts messages of falsehood and death, the fuel feeds the machinery of aggression.
In the same way, individually, the person only cogitates to know, and forgets that it is highly recommended to know suitably.
In our activities related to the Gospels, full attention is required in order to successfully perform the tasks appointed to us.
Some students of the Gospels keep the revelation of the Heavens to impose it to their neighbours, they imagine to possess the gift of humbleness for the sake of annoying people, they declare themselves patients and upset their listeners, they call themselves believers and disperse someone else's faith, they exhibit titles of goodness and forget their private little tasks.
These friends in particular are those who sought to know but not as they ought to.
Those who really devise situations spiritually also help without offense, they become themselves better with no injury to others, they teach with no perturbation. They know as it is suitable to know and have learned to become useful. They use both silence and words, they locate the evil and the good, they identify light and darkness and distribute Christ's gifts. They are much informed about the Source of Eternal Wisdom and are attached to it like the perfect lamp to the power supply. Failure and triumph on the transitory plane of life hardly change their energies.
These have managed to know as they should and use their knowledge conveniently.
Emmanuel
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