the answer to arguments

unity doesn't begin in examining others but
in examining self. unity begins not in demanding
that others change, but in admitting that we aren't so
perfect ourselves...
the answer to arguments? acceptance. the first
step to unity? acceptance. not agreement,
acceptance. not unanimity, acceptance. not
negotiation, arbitration. those might come later
but only after the first step, acceptance.

"get along with each other,
and forgive each other. if someone does
wrong to you, forgive that person
because the Lord forgives you."

-Colossians 3:13-

my blog today is about argument. i don't know why i ended-up blogging about argument. i think
our day doesn't go by without arguing with someone in our everyday life...people at our work...
our love ones...friends...about anything that has to do with something...in politics...religion...love
life...children...sports...life...or something really stupid. just last week while i was on my vacation
my two co-workers got in each other's nerves. lily wants him to be flexible in his schedule when
he takes his breaks from work due to the workload they had last week. and not to be tightass
about it. danny didn't like the way she told him that, so he called her a bitch real loud. and did the shit hit the fan. big screaming match. no one won the argument because both of them are too
tight asses about it. no one want's to admit who is wrong. both of them just wants to look like two angels. i think the end result of this argument will be the silent treatment that lily will give
to danny for a long time. the same treatment she gave me and still giving me when i got in an argument with her three years ago. it was a very long story. she blamed me for something that
i didn't do. and in the end, i also called her the big b(itch) behind her back. and now i'm still paying for this. i already forgiven her long time ago...smiling at her day after day...being friendly
with her...but she's still plastic with me...with a big killer grudge. what can i do? some people are
like this. as for me, i usually forgive and forget after getting in an argument with someone...my loveones or friends. i am a lover not a hater or fighter...eheheh...:P'.
and while we are in the subject of arguments. i like to talk about something in the area of politics.
it's about the present president in the philippines that the native people wants to evict from her post. half of the people in that country are angry at her for cheating in the election and wants her to step down so that they can replace her with their chosen one and the other half half wants her to stay and let her finish her terms. two groups arguing with each other...angry...and in a boiling point. to me why replace her? it's like replacing a devil for another devil. why not just let
her finish her terms as long as she admitted to her wrongdoing and ask for forgiveness to the people that voted for her to be the president of the country. isn't this easy enough? other than
doing it the hard way through bloodshed...calamity...chaos...riot...and deaths. i don't why they
couldn't get this through their skulls. too much pride...filipino pride...but i call it chicken fried...
eheheh :P'...the country is slowly sinking low...the people in the philippines are too busy in their
agenda of arguing with each other in how to get rid of a president and who should replace her
while being too blind in their sorroundings. the poor are getting poorer...children are starving
to death...food are getting too expensive...the gas is in the same boat, too...criminals are getting
away with murder...politicians are getting rich...and their wallets fat with money...while their
croonies are following them around like lost souls...and last of all the rich are getting richer...
and still wants to be more richer. wake-up people back there. don't be blind, deaf, mute or live
in a pampered make believe world. this things are happening back there. i know about this for
a very long time. i am also a filipino born back there and raised in the stateside. this bad stuff
has been going on in that country even before i was born. if you ask me, i rather see her finish
her term as a president and then they can vote for a new devil to sit in the chair and run the
country in a crooked way away. maybe worst than before or less worst. the only thing i can say is don't be angry...

anger. it's easy to define: the noise of the
soul. anger. the unseen irritant of the heart. anger.
the relentless invader of silence...
the louder it gets the more desperate we
become...
some of you are thinking...you don't have any
idea how hard life has been. and you're right, i
don't. but i have a very clear idea how misreable
your future will be unless you deal with your anger.
x-ray the world of the vengeful and behold the
tumor of bitterness: black, menacing, malignant.
carcinoma of the spirit. its fatal fibers creep around
the edge of the heart and ravage it. yesterday you
can't alter, but your reaction to yesterday you can.
the past you cannot change, but your response to
your past you can.

"don't get angry.
don't be upset; it only leads to trouble."

-Psalm 37:8-

i guess this is it na for my blog for the evening. once again i know i'm not even suppose to blog until this coming 15th of july. my fingers got itchy...my mind was in the mood for blogging...while
my body is dead tired from working...in the end result my fingers still got itchy...eheheh. i'll try
to blog again tomorrow even if my body kills me. remember it's not a promise. Godbless...
remember God is still whispering your name. adios :-O.

p.s.

here are some God-given, time tested truths
that define the way you should navigate your life.
observe them and enjoy secure passage. ignore them
and crash against the ragged rocks of reality....:

* love God more than you fear hell.

* make major decisions in a cemetery.

* when no one is watching, live as if
someone is.

* succeed at home first.

* don't spend tomorrow's money today.

* pray twice as much as you fret.

* God has forgiven you; you'd be wise to do
the same.

kapish :P'