Quote of the Day - April 20

We all have unfair and unjust things happen to us; that's a part of life. When we are hurt, we can choose to hold on to that pain and become bitter, or we can choose to let it go and trust God to make it up to us.

70% of people today are angry about something. Imagine that! Seven out of ten people you encounter today will be angry. And that's not counting the people who pass you on the highway.

People who harbor anger often don't realize it, but they are poisening their own lives. When we don't forgive, we are not hurting the other person. We are not hurting the company that did us wrong. We are not hurting God. We are only hurting ourselves.

If you want to live your best life now, you must be quick to forgive. Learn to let go of the hurts and pains of the past. Don't let bitterness take root in your life. Maybe something happened to you when you were younger, somebody mistreated you, somebody took advantage of you. Perhaps somebody cheated you out of a promotion or lied about you. Maybe a good friend betrayed you, and you have a good reason to be angry and bitter.

For your emotional and spiritual health, you must let that go. It doesn't do any good to go around hating somebody. Nor does it make any sense to stay angry for what somebody's already done to you. You can't do anything about the past, but you can do something about the future. You might as well forgive and start trusting God to make it up to you.

Excerpts from Your Best Life Now