ULOG #3. IN PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS #3: ABuse oF REALity

Writer's block is no fun at all. I've been off for 24 days in my pursuit of happiness series. I presume 2 posts are in the lag if I go by a weekly schedule. These past days, I've experienced a lot of life situations and how to maintain a happy mindset irrespective, which are worth sharing, but getting to post them was a real challenge. I guess yesterday broke the jinx! Without further ado, I'll write about an aspect of reality.

Alternate Reality

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So like I said about yesterday. On my way to work, I twisted my right ankle when I stepped on a stone, luckily, my left leg supported my weight and my ankle wasn't sprained for reasons best known to GOD. The sole of my left shoe gave way though. Then a biker's motorcycle tyre stepped on my right leg and stained my trouser. I managed to ignore the tyre and the biker and walked away. Then a customer, I guess, vented her frustrations on me. I couldn't absorb this particular one though. Some customers have this notion they are always right. They forget attendants are also humans and have feelings. This, however, wasn't the high point of my day.

                        Indulgence and abuse...
                    Coincidence and conspiracy...
       Life in itself is a relative reality and there are 
             endless possibilities to alternate endings.
    But never intentionally set wrong or negative entities in motion.
                      It may not end well...
           and you can't go back in time to alter it.

                                                                @getencored

I got home late as usual and decided to go through some WhatsApp status. One of them struck me. Someone who had hurt me in the past, and I have clearly forgiven, uploaded a picture, knowing this picture would spark emotions. I've tried to twist this story for privacy and some personal reasons.

The picture got me angry and really tensed. I felt abused. Probably this person is taking advantage of the fact of being forgiven to play some mind games. Maybe things would get back to how they used to be. But reality most time isn't always how we want it to be. If you choose to set negative entities in motion with the hope that you'll be forgiven, the reality you expect may not be what you get. The reality of being forgiven may be possible, but there is also a reality of not forgetting the negative effect(s) of your actions. Some scars just never clear up. Hopefully, when a time-machine is invented, something could be done about the scars. Until then, it's not advisable to set negative actions in motion.

Then I thought of an alternate reality...

Here is the catch. When someone hurts you, especially emotionally, one of the best ways to heal faster is to forgive the person and move one. What forgive and forget may mean is to actually forgive and let go or move on. While this may be feasible, have you considered if the person to be forgiven has forgiven himself or herself and moved on? I considered this and said to myself "what if?"

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