Forwarded from ExistWell 2 - Religion reloaded (Socrates)
Tip for trusting in God and mitigating the spiritual and mentally deleterious effects of unfortunate events:
When one is confronted with an event which unsettles you or even goes so far as to make you suffer, the most fruitful thing to do is ensure it doesn’t happen again. We are reminded constantly in our churches that God permits suffering as a pathway to grace. This is easy to go unnoticed when the situation - or Satan - distracts and bombards us with only thinking of our present circumstance. My advice in such situations is simply to write a list, a list which contains instruction on where it is you went wrong and how it may be prevented in the future, so you can see your own shortcomings and therefore realise what it is that God is trying to teach you. For example, if you missed out on a lovely Airbnb because you were trying to lowball the host into giving you a discount, then write it down, say what it was I.e greed and stinginess and see perfectly the lesson that must be learnt to avoid it in future. It illuminates the fruitful effects of life’s many sufferings and misfortunes and God’s plan which is often so hard to follow blindly.
A thinly veiled venting also helps.
When one is confronted with an event which unsettles you or even goes so far as to make you suffer, the most fruitful thing to do is ensure it doesn’t happen again. We are reminded constantly in our churches that God permits suffering as a pathway to grace. This is easy to go unnoticed when the situation - or Satan - distracts and bombards us with only thinking of our present circumstance. My advice in such situations is simply to write a list, a list which contains instruction on where it is you went wrong and how it may be prevented in the future, so you can see your own shortcomings and therefore realise what it is that God is trying to teach you. For example, if you missed out on a lovely Airbnb because you were trying to lowball the host into giving you a discount, then write it down, say what it was I.e greed and stinginess and see perfectly the lesson that must be learnt to avoid it in future. It illuminates the fruitful effects of life’s many sufferings and misfortunes and God’s plan which is often so hard to follow blindly.
A thinly veiled venting also helps.
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ExistWell
I'd be surprised if anyone got the reference
We are all waiting
That reminds me of a joke I made up last year
Why do black people call their cars "whips"?
Because they make niggers go faster
Why do black people call their cars "whips"?
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ExistWell
That reminds me of a joke I made up last year Why do black people call their cars "whips"? Because they make niggers go faster
(I take no credit, I stole it from a group chat)
Forwarded from HateWell (Keeper of the Bag)
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