Volunteer Victims
It's a great temptation to volunteer as a victim. Do you know that we
sign up for that job?
A man who dined regularly in his favorite restaurant complained about
the bread. It wasn't fair, he emphasized, that other restaurants
served lots of bread. But here he gets only one piece.
So the next time he came in, they served him four pieces. He still
complained it wasn't enough.
On his next visit his server brought him a dozen pieces of bread. The
man still complained.
For his next visit they put a large basket of bread on the table. But
still he complained. "The other restaurants give all the bread you can
eat."
They decided to be ready for him the next day. They had an enormous
loaf of bread prepared. It was six feet long and two feet wide. Four
people carried the loaf to his table. They plopped it down in front of
him. It took up half the table and hung over both sides. The chef
stood back, pleased with himself, to see how the customer would react.
He looked over the loaf and commented, "So, we're back to one piece
again, are we?"
Like this man, we volunteer to be victims, but in more subtle ways. We
believe life is unfair, people are untrustworthy and we are getting a
bad shake. We think everyone should know just how terrible things are
and we feel obliged to tell them.
The problem is, life sometimes is unfair and we can be victimized. But
the greater truth is, people can decide whether they are victims or
are victors. They can feel helpless and miserable, or they can try to
feel strong. Happy people have learned that they cannot always control
their circumstances, but they can often control how they will respond.
Lewis Dunning said, "What life means to us is determined not so much
by what life brings to us as by the attitude we bring to life; not so
much by what happens to us as by our reaction to what happens."
You were born to be a victor! You were meant to be happy! Will you
claim your birthright today?
~ Steve Goodier ~
[ by: Steve Goodier (LifeSupport@yahoogroups.com) -- {used with permission} ]
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