When people speak badly of you, you should respond in this way: keep a steady heart and don't reply with harsh words. Practicing letting go of resentment and accepting that the other's hostility is the spur to your understanding. Be kind, adopt a generous standpoint, treat your enemy as a friend, and suffuse all your world with affectionate thoughts, far-reaching and widepread, limitless and free from hate.
In this state you should try to remain.
---Dhammapada
I envy your maturity, I give what I get cuz some folk need to get put in their place with the quickness!!! However, I appreciate your thoughts, please continue...
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ReplyDeleteangie, yes it is easier said than done...but i keep trying
ReplyDelete13, lol i know girl i know!!
facade, i don't know if its a maturity...do we ever grow up? just get so tired of being knocked down by others illwill ya know...plus i am working on not speaking negativity into the universe.
sarah, u soooooo sillly
if anybody can keep a cool head, it's you boo! plus, i'll be nearby so i can do it for you! :)
ReplyDeleteGirl, I was gonna put something like "Know the Ledge" a hip hop reference and our inside joke ya know. ;)
ReplyDeletebeautiful shelle, thank u for this.
ReplyDeleteCousin...check it out:
Putting brothers to rest like Elliot ness
'Cause I don't like stress
Streets ain't a place for innocent bystanders to stand
Nothin's gonna stop the plan
I'll chill like Pacino, kill like DeNiro
Black Gambino, die like a hero
Living on shaky grounds too close to the edge
Let's see if I know the ledge!