Words We Need To Stop

Appreciation
...to be grateful for the life we've been given
and the health we can have.
...taking life or health for granted as if
someone owed it to us.
Assurance
...to feel secure in our choices and abilities to
promote life.
...doubting that our choices and abilities can
promote life.
Boldness
...to stand firm in our choices of what is good
and what is bad for us.
...being overcome by tricky, aggressive salesmen.
Commonsense ...to follow our God-given hunches. ...over-riding hunches when they are given.
Compassion ...to feel deeply for another's plight. ...being pushy and demanding.
Contentment
...to have realistic desires within our present
limits.
...wanting things beyond our present limits.
Courage ...to meet difficulties and dangers with firmness. ...being overcome by fear.
Courtesy ...to treat others with respect. ...thinking we are better than others.
Dedication ...to have purpose in our lives. ...doing things just because other's do them.
Discernment ...to identify and divide the good from the bad. ...making everything grey.
Enthusiasm
...to meet life with a twinkle in our eyes and an
eagerness to do our best.
...grumpy, complaining thoughts and feelings of
boredom.
Faith
...to believe and follow the teachings that
promote life.
...wavering when we know what to do to promote
life.
Friendliness ...to feel a kinship toward one another. ...feeling hatred and bitterness toward others.
Grace ...to have spiritual power over enticing thoughts.
...letting intruding, unkind thoughts run our
lives.
Gentleness ...to be sensitive to one another's real needs. ...acting "tough", "hard", "cold", or "macho".
Health
...to be stable and whole within our present
limits.
...opening ourselves up to instability.
Honesty ...to look inside and be sincere. ...lying to ourselves and to others.
Hope ...to reach toward our fullest potentials. ...thinking it is hopeless to press on.
Humility ...to realize how interdependent we really are. ...thinking we can do anything by ourselves.
Joy ...to feel a contagious happiness with life.
...being a sour-puss, mule-face, stick in the
mud.
Judgment
...to be able to evaluate our goals and
limitations.
...making decisions without adequate information.
Kindness ...to share our affections with others. ...keeping our affections bottled up.
Knowledge ...to have the tools for growth and repair. ...being ignorant about life and health.
Longsuffering
...to realize that every process takes time and
learning.
...thinking others should grow faster than we
have grown.
Love ...to give to others things that promote life. ...wanting to hurt others.
Maturity
...to grow up and be a good teacher by word and
example.
...wanting to remain a care-free, irresponsible,
"happy-go-lucky" kid.
Meekness ...to be teachable and receptive to truth. ...being closed-minded.
Mercy
...to be forgiving of one another's ignorant
mistakes.
...holding grudges.
Moderation ...to stay within our healthy limits. ...doing too much.
Obedience
...to do those things that promote health for
ourselves and for our children.
...letting our justifying ideas and opinions
rebel against the facts.
Patience
...to work our knowledge and give it time to
sprout.
...putting off a needed task or rushing a job too
fast.
Peace ...to be able to quiet our minds. ...the continual noise in our minds.
Receptivity
...to make sure our receivers can get the right
message.
...being on the wrong wave-length to listen.
Relaxation
...to learn how to rest: physically, mentally, and
spiritually.
...allowing too much tension to build up.
Sharing
...to offer our gifts without expecting anything
in return.
...putting strings and qualifications on our
gifts.
Sobriety ...to be single-minded in valuing life. ...letting wide mood swings knock us off balance.
Steadfastness ...to keep on the job of promoting life. ...being wishy-washy and fickle.
Strength ...to be ready to do life-promoting tasks. ...always wanting some-body else to do it for us.
Thanksgiving
...to be grateful for all that has led to this
moment.
...focusing on the disagreeable aspects of our
lives.
Trust
...to know that when we ask for what we really
need, it will be there, soon enough.
...lacking confidence in the resources for life
and maturity.
Truth
...to face the things that truly are life-
promoting.
...closing our eyes to the important things in
life.
Understanding
...to see clearly the blueprint of life and
health.
...building up confusion and separation through
misunderstanding.
Utterance ...to express the good things we've been taught. ...letting others always do our talking for us.
Wisdom
...to judge soundly in sorting and combining the
ingredients for life.
...letting others always do our talking for us.
Workmanship ...to skillfully build with the right tools. ...fumbling around when there's a job to do.
Zeal ...to make decisions that promote life and health. ...indecision.
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