第24章 优于过去的自己 10(第1页)
第24章优于过去的自己(10)
Someofusmaythinkthatwe'vebeenhurttoodeeply,ortoooften,tive。Butironically,it'sthoseofuswho'vebeenmosthurtthatreallyive,foronesimplereason:likecer,bitternessdestroyitshost。U'sswiftlyrootedout,ittakesholdandgrauallyevenkillingthosewhoinsistongdetermi。
Forthetruthisthatunlesswefive,weeverrecover。Ourwoundswilluetofesterandheaeseproverbputsit,"Whoeverseeksrevengeshoulddigtwograves。"
Takiepforsomepeivenessfeelsimpossiblebecausetheyhaveogoaboutit。Thefirstandmostimportantthioacceptisthattheactivegoingtoeasy。Infact,itwillprobablybethehardestthingmostofuseverhavetodo。
&allyunfairthatweshouldhavetivewhenwe'retheoneswhohavebeenhurt。Andthat'sthecruxiveness。
Thesaying&quivea;mayrollofftheto'sasshallowasitisshort。Forohing,it'sdhtimpossible。Foramissesthewholepointivehineedfiveihingsweet。Ratherthahemu,weodrawalihem,deliberately2ottoagainstthepersonwhodidthem,andmovingon。
That'swhy,sometimes,theinitialactivenessmayseemrelativelyeasy,butdealingwiththeemotionsthatfolloweverytimeyouseethatpersohemorjustthinkaboutthem,behardertodealwith。Truefiveao;it'saotionaltation。
Andthelongeryouwaittivesomeoheharderitbeereallydoesn'theal,itjustgivesthebitternessaloawayatyoufrominside。Ifyouwaitforthe&quhttime"youmay。
&ionyoushouldaskyourselfbefintotackle3theartivehis:Howmanyofusareeverpletelyiiion?
So,mywife,elia,andIboughtapieceofcheap,flat-paeveure。Forthefirstfewmonths,itfooledeveryowassmart,fundimpressive,atedourhomeperfectly。Butastimerolledby,theveneersloeelattheedges。Itdidn'tcreatethesameimpressioleastitwasbeihefactisthat,likeitornot,behindoursmartveneer,we'realljustchipboard4。Sobeforewebeeotherpeople'sjudgeandjury,we'dbewisetotakealong,hardlookatourselvesinthemirror。Andthemoreweseeourselves,wartsandall,themorewe'llwanttoaiveothersfortheirflaws,andthemive,themorewe'llkment。
Wouldyhtorhappy?Fetasatisfyiion。Soifyouthinkyhtand'tfinditiive,askyourselfthisquestion:Wouldyhtorhappy?
&hehardestthingsabivenessismakingthatfirstmoveespeciallywhespokentothepersonwhohurtyouforaWhile。Butrememberthey'llprobablybehappytohearfromyou。Theymighteveyou'vedohey'vewaodoforyears。Butkeepinmindythisforyoujustasmuchasthem,sodon'tbeupsetiftheydon'treactasyouhoped。
Ofepeopledon'tbelievethey'vedohingwrong,ordon'tcare,sotellingthemyivethemwouldonlyfrustratethemandyou。Butthatdoesn'tmeanyou'tfindfivenessi。Infact,that'swhattruefiveinggerandhurt,beihenedandmovingon。
Themoreyounurtureyourresehemoreunhappyyou'llbee。Unlessyoulearhe"lostart&qu,you'llalwaysremainaviotjustofpeoplewho'ved,butalsoofyourowions。