Panda Ponderings
Lord Shen: “How did you find peace? I took away your parents, everything, I scarred you for life.”
Kung Fu Panda: “See that’s the thing Shen, scars heal…”
Shen: “No they don’t… wounds heal.”
Kung Fu Panda: “Oh yeah… what do scars do? They fade I guess.”
Lord Shen: “I don’t care what scars do…”
Kung Fu Panda: “You should Shen. You got to let go of the stuff from past – because it just doesn’t matter. The only thing that matters is what you choose to be now.”
My family and I have been dealing with vindictive and selfish attacks on multiple levels for the last three years or so. It has been tiring and maddening and infuriating and … yeah.
But I’m done with that. I’ve been done with that for a few weeks now. I refuse to let the insanity drive me to drink. I refuse to allow it to change my outlook on life and my enjoyment of the few short years I have left. I am just gonna be the best damn me I can be and let the chips fall where they may. I refuse to lie down and let people walk all over me. But I will not let them get the best of me, either. They will not touch the real me – the emotional, intellectual me. They will not touch my relationships with others. They shall not.
I am surrounded by wonderful, loving, caring, needy people whom I enjoy genuinely. And I will enjoy them whilst I may.
The scars are still there. The wounds are still there. But I still have the ability to choose the life I wish to live. And I shall. I choose life and life abundantly.
Unfailing love and faithfulness make atonement for sin.
By fearing the Lord, people avoid evil. When people’s lives please the Lord,
even their enemies are at peace with them. http://bible.us/Prov16.6.NLT
