The three words. [source]
7 May 2010 @ 01:14:08
If someone were to ask you the three most important words in your life, what would it be?
For myself, I used to for the longest time treasure the three words “I love you”. I either gave or received these three words. It was my source of happiness and it gave me motivation to live.
Yet it dawned on me one day that these were just words. They were not only overrated, specifically they were superficial.
In a person’s face, I’ve said “I love you” but behind him I’ve been malicious and unkind. When the bad side of me surfaces, I feel the guilt. Yet it is wishful thinking on my part as the damage done is irreversible.
Thus I choose to live in the present, to abide by the realism of these three words “Pay it forward”
What I received in my life was evidently what I gave. Not by the words “I love you” but rather through concrete actions.
In your life, if you feel that you are always misunderstood, try to understand your opponents first. You may not get it right the first time, but you would be rewarded for trying because somebody would appreciate you and “Pay it forward”
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Irma 7 May 2010 @ 11:41:11
Thanks for sharing, Tash!
I think for myself, it would be “God loves you”. Because all I have now is from Him. When I reflect on how much He has given to me, I can feel so loved and motivated.
Here is a passage from Luke 6:27-35:
“But to you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
To the person who strikes you on one cheek, offer the other one as well, and from the person who takes your cloak, do not withhold even your tunic.
Give to everyone who asks of you, and from the one who takes what is yours do not demand it back.
Do to others as you would have them do to you.
For if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.
If you lend money to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit (is) that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, and get back the same amount.
But rather, love your enemies and do good to them, and lend expecting nothing back; then your reward will be great and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.”