Yesterday as we were having dinner, my sons and I began to discuss choices and how they are as we say, "very powerful". We discussed the similarities between the process of a rollercoaster ride and people's behavior.
We stepped through the process of waiting on the platform and watching the rollercoaster zip off, go up then down then loop only to come back down and rest at the platform waiting for the next set of thrill seekers.
I told them that people are the same, there are those who love to ride the rollercoaster, exit and race to get back in line. They are SOO animated that without fail some innocent bystander gets sucked in to trying the ride only to discover after the ride that this ride was not for them and they wished they had never jumped on the band wagon.
So my youngest son says, "those people should just stay on the platform". That is the point son, in life we have the ability (as hard as it may be at times) to chose to stay on the platform and not jump on that person's rollercoaster ride with them. Yes, they will be animated and at times it will feel like they are dragging you with them. Here is your opportunity to empower yourself and simply tell them you will be waiting on the platform for them when they get back - choices are very powerful!
Proverbs 16:32
"He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city." (KJV)
Blessings,
-d
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