Topic: Stop Self-pity

When bad things happen to us, especially bad things impacting our personal ability to function in our world, we can be overwhelmed with self-pity. Self-pity is our attempt at feeling sorry for ourselves. When we look at the common sense logic of self-pity and when we put ourselves into self-pity these are the very times when we need to avoid self-pity. When we are wounded and hurt we do not need to wound and hurt ourselves even more by stewing ourselves in self-pity. When things go bad, when we are hurt by others and by circumstances, when things go wrong, when we make mistakes, or when things are not working out as we hope, the last thing we need to do is inflict more damage upon ourselves. However, this is exactly what self-pity does. Self-pity inflicts self-inflicted damage upon us at the very time we need to avoid more injury. Instead of putting the sorrow of self-pity upon yourself, put new hope, new vision, and new perspective into your soul. When things go bad, when things go wrong, and when mistakes are made, put into your soul the hope of things going better, things being made right, and the permanent fixing of mistakes.

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These words were posted at one of Shepherd's Care Ministries Sites called Wisdom Moment. This site is located at:
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