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bluidkiti · 01-12-2023, 05:06 AM

January 12

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Sometimes it’s good and necessary to respond. Other times it’s more appropriate to let things be.

Wisdom is knowing the difference. Strength is abiding by that wisdom.

Will your response actually contribute value? Or is the primary reason for it to prove a point?

If you’re too eager to respond, too quick to react, you can get drawn into situations where no one wins. Is that really how you wish to spend any of the priceless moments of your life?

When you can jump in and make a useful contribution, by all means do so. But when all you have to offer is an angry reaction, you’ll soon come to thank yourself for having the restraint to leave it alone.

Just because you can respond, just because you want to react, doesn’t mean it’s the best choice. Consider the actual value of what you can offer before you put it forward.

— Ralph Marston

01-12-2023, 05:06 AM	#15
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 71,113	January 12 Reaction Sometimes it’s good and necessary to respond. Other times it’s more appropriate to let things be. Wisdom is knowing the difference. Strength is abiding by that wisdom. Will your response actually contribute value? Or is the primary reason for it to prove a point? If you’re too eager to respond, too quick to react, you can get drawn into situations where no one wins. Is that really how you wish to spend any of the priceless moments of your life? When you can jump in and make a useful contribution, by all means do so. But when all you have to offer is an angry reaction, you’ll soon come to thank yourself for having the restraint to leave it alone. Just because you can respond, just because you want to react, doesn’t mean it’s the best choice. Consider the actual value of what you can offer before you put it forward. — Ralph Marston __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.