Con't offense story

PERSON: Brenda, Please tell me the story of a man, a boy and a donkey.

MEDICINE WOMAN: There was an old man, a boy and a donkey. They were going to town and it was decided that the boy should ride.

As they went along they passed some people who thought that it was a shame for the boy to ride and the old man to walk. The old man and boy decided that maybe the critics were right so they changed positions.

Later, they passed some more people who thought that it was a real shame for that man to make such a small boy walk. The two decided that maybe they should both walk.

Soon they passed some people who thought that it was stupid to walk when they had a donkey to ride. The man and the boy decided maybe the best thing would be for them both to ride the donkey.

Soon, they passed a group who thought that it was a shame to put such a load on a poor helpless animal. The old man and the boy decided that maybe the critics were right so they decided to carry the donkey.

As they crossed a bridge, they lost their grip on the animal and he fell into the river and drowned.

The Moral of the Story: If you try to please everyone, you will eventually lose your ass!

PERSON:
What a wonderful story. I'm so glad I wrote you a note. I was bothered by your many posts and now I know what I was to learn. I recently joined facebook. At first, I didn't like how my old high school friends only posted complaints. I began to make friends with like minded people that I would find commenting in a nice pleasant way. I began to rejoice that now most of my facebook friends posts were positive and life-giving. Today, my spouse and I started our day worried about finances and rather than give thanks for your positive posts, I was irritated by them. Because I was not looking with love, I couldn't help myself. I am sorry that I took my out-of-alignment out on you Brenda. I was taken a back by your mention of being a good girl. I worry about being good and such things myself. I am trying desperately to pull my family out of a financial mess and trying to not have lack mentality. I have chosen to see your posts as another example of abundance that is all around me. Many blessings to you my friend. Please forgive me.

MEDICINE WOMAN:
Again you have blessed me. I am so happy. That we connected. I can't stop crying. I know I truly have healed something in my life. Keep being the beautiful person you are and keep yourself open so you can consciously see when your thoughts drive you in a different direction. Sometimes we tank instead of thank but then hopefully we can outgrow that and give more thanks then tanks. Remember for every thought you think your brain has to create a chemical peptide so you will feel it and it goes out into the world to create that experience.

Many Blessing from Medicine Woman Brenda Bates

heal or deal with the offense?

When I was writing and didn’t want to choose to heal the feeling of the old triggered condition of a past decision. I want to belittle this person. I want to hurt this person right back. But is that me? Being ego or spirit. Since I love to walk my talk. I choose heal it instead of deal with it. So this is what I wrote.

I post for only those that need or want to hear it. I post because it inspires me when I go through all of my friends. I learned a few months back that when you have a few friends that post a lot, it really looks like a lot. But when you have over 500 friends you don’t notice it. What I have noticed is what are they putting out there on their post. I have over 900 that are constantly inspiring me. It takes me a long time to get through them all. Half the time I have to save the inspirations for another day. I was deep into spirit today, my cup was overflowing.

I know that one day i was so depressed and when i heard inspiring words it saved me. So if I can help one person, I feel like I am giving back.

I understand the way you see me. Your perception is correct for you. I can't show up to you any other way then you let me. Because you are a reflection of me then I maybe feeling small. by rights i should feel small next to our plant next to the sun then next to the universe. I am not the only one that feels inspired and love being with their Facebook friends.

I use to run an unresolved story. It stated that if comments from people like yourself would say innocently or suppose to hurt me. I would get so muddled in my thinking. My ego would take over and I didn’t know how to act. I don’t know how to act. Maybe they are right. I would be so confused that I became such introvert. I didn’t want to communicate with people because I saw it as very hard and hurtful. I didn’t know who to believe or what to believe. It meant that I was a bad girl and I should think twice before I do it again. I am to apologize and somehow repent and obey. Then I would close myself down and make sure i prove to you that I am a good girl. In this case I would unconsciously not post for about a week then when I did post, I would post only once until I get my courage back that I am not a bad girl and then I get to inspired and then send out a frequency for someone else to tell me to shut down, slow down, shut up or stop or you are doing it because...

I heard of the story of a man, a boy and a donkey. I realized that I can’t please everyone. Because there are too many perceptions of me.

Thanks for being my reflection today because it tells me if I am still hooked into old programming or have I healed it completely. So I don't bother you with my posts. You can hide me or delete me. I didn't mean to hurt you or bother you in anyway. I am just so happy to be alive and sometimes I like to live out loud. I was even taught that it is okay and it is encourage to live out loud.

Thank you for the clue. I am being 3 yrs old and don’t know my place or how to interact with people. I am extremely shy. When I do interact I am told it is wrong.

Oh thank you again. You provided me with an example to go with my posting of Rebecca Saxe: How we read each other's minds

Thank you for being a blessing.

stay tuned there is more...

To take offense or not to take offense.

We are spiritual beings creating and sharing a human experience. Why do things happen? I was so happy that day. My cup of joy and happiness was over flowing. I then got a message in my inbox. I read it and I at first took offense. I was hurt. I scaled it and realized it was a 1 1/2 out of 10. As I began to write a response, my thoughts made the 1 1/2 go up to a 3. I trained myself to know when I am negative. I used my healing HOPE Therapy technique and it went down to a zero. I thought to myself. Is this person tanking me? Did their day go so bad they must tank me? But why would I project this? I did it because a program inside of me kicked in. Am I doing the right thing? Am I bothering people? Completely unaware of it, so I projected it out into the world (energy cords and we have lost of them good and bad) to mirror back at me. It was up to me to decide how I was going to respond to it. I once read.

Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it. Lou Holtz

Here is the letter and you tell me how you would respond?

I have 11 posts from you so far on my wall today which means I have to keep scrolling and scrolling to find the messages from my other friends. Are you feeling small and therefore wanting to post and post so that you will feel more heard? I have felt that way before. I can relate but the kingdom of God is within you.

So tell me how you would respond?