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Good Afternoon. Here is a great thought for the day: Highly motivated, positive people are focused. The mind is clear, and energy levels are high. Also, many things can hold you back and prevent you from becoming all you can be. One of those things is... Emotional Baggage. Many of us have known two family members who were best friends, but were angry over something that had happened thirty years earlier. One thing led to another and, you know what, they haven't spoken since. Anger or resentment is like a cancer, and when you let it go untreated, it will put an invisible ceiling on your future. You don't know it, but it does. It doesn't hurt the other guy, it hurts you. William Ward identified the cure when he said, "Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the handcuffs of hate." Those are powerful words, and I know from personal experience... forgiveness works. A few times in my life I've been (at least in my mind) greatly wronged and taken advantage of. My first reaction, of course, was anger and resentment. I held it for awhile and felt my stomach tie up in knots, my appetite wane, and the joy slip out of my life. The quote from Ward provided the wake-up call I needed to forgive the person who had wronged me. It was like I had been playing the first half of a basketball game with three-pound steel shoes, and in the locker room the coach said, "Try these new Nikes in the second half." Multiply that by ten and you'll understand how great it feels to unload your "emotional baggage" through the power of forgiveness.
"Each morning is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When the sun rises tomorrow this day will be gone forever, in its place will be something you have left — may it be something good. Follow your heart, it knows what to do." London Delicious stories are distributed weekly by email. If you'd like to be sure not to miss our next story, sign up for a free subscription here:
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