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bluidkiti · 10-11-2013, 11:16 AM

If Only I Had Known

When I was young, I could never understand why our family car was so old. When it finally wore out, I could not understand why its replacement was another bottom-of-the-line model. I did not understand until I graduated from high school. At that point, my dad told me that he had saved a fairly considerable sum for my college education. That revelation explained a lot of things. If only I had known.

We often have misconceptions about why people do what they do, or why they are the way they are. This is especially true when we are continually irritated by the behavior of others. We forget that a grouchy person may be ill; or that an aloof person may never have been loved; or that a frightened person may never have known the security of an accepting family. We see behavior in others that we cannot understand because we do not know the reasons behind it. We cannot judge, but we can give love, and if there is a need for change in ourselves or in others, the love we give may be the catalyst for it.

Lord, give me the gift of understanding, and help me to avoid judging others.

Focus Your Day

10-11-2013, 11:16 AM	#1
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 70,608	If Only I Had Known If Only I Had Known When I was young, I could never understand why our family car was so old. When it finally wore out, I could not understand why its replacement was another bottom-of-the-line model. I did not understand until I graduated from high school. At that point, my dad told me that he had saved a fairly considerable sum for my college education. That revelation explained a lot of things. If only I had known. We often have misconceptions about why people do what they do, or why they are the way they are. This is especially true when we are continually irritated by the behavior of others. We forget that a grouchy person may be ill; or that an aloof person may never have been loved; or that a frightened person may never have known the security of an accepting family. We see behavior in others that we cannot understand because we do not know the reasons behind it. We cannot judge, but we can give love, and if there is a need for change in ourselves or in others, the love we give may be the catalyst for it. Lord, give me the gift of understanding, and help me to avoid judging others. Focus Your Day __________________ "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.