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MY
SUNDAY JOURNAL
By Dalton Roberts
IPS Feature
9-22-02
INTERNAL DAMAGE OF VENGEANCE
Undated in my journal but definitely going back to the 60s, is a listing
of the values that guided my mother's "home-made religion."
Dad was pretty orthodox and mother put her own interpretations on Holy
Writ. So Dad often said she had "a home-made religion." Mother
agreed and said we all tend to create our own religion whether we are
conscious of it or not.
I filed her "Home Made Religion" statement on this date and
one of the first statements in it caught my eye this morning as I read
it: "I shall not stoop to vengeance. I shall not hate others and
destroy the God in me by doing so."
The greatest damage we do when we harbor thoughts of vengeance is the
internal havoc we bring on our self. Mother said it destroyed the God
inside. I am not sure "destroy" is the right word but there is
no question that it causes us to lose our conscious contact. It
estranges us from our highest values. It embitters our own spirit. It
sours and sickens us.
Any time you experience a feeling of vengeance (and we all do), tune in
to what it is doing inside. Read the feelings. Commune with yourself.
See if it is something you want to tote around. It feels like an anvil
in your heart, doesn't it? A cold and bitter anvil is bad news for a
heart.
SUPPLY IS IDEAS
Charles Roth wrote a powerful book on the power of mind but my favorite
quote from him came in a booklet. He said, "Supply does not come in
a boxcar or truck. It comes as ideas."
Everything of value in this world came from an idea. Not just
"things," but concepts like "life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness" -- a founding fathers idea. Yet, we go
looking for our fame and fortune in books, gurus, courses, and contacts.
We keep thinking if we can just get to the right person, we will be
given the keys to success.
If any one of us had clearly seen when we were fresh out of high school
that ideas are our supply, and had looked to our ideas as the
seeds of our success, and had stayed with that concept unwaveringly, we
would have experienced a staggering level of success. Not just
financially but in personal fulfillment.
It's never too late to see the obvious truth. And Roth hit the obvious
truth squarely on the head. Supply comes as ideas.
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