Liar Liar-I wish your pants would catch on fire!

LIARS - SUCK!

 

But oh what joy would come to our face if their pants literally caught on fire when they uttered a lie OR perhaps they would become Pinocchio and their noses would grow.  Looks like this fella had both happen to him!

 

We may have a cheating spouse, a girlfriend or boyfriend. 
We may have family members, friends, coworkers, bosses or even strangers that enter our life-any one of them could or perhaps has lied to or about us.

But instead of lighting their ass on fire or wishing it would implode on it's own we more often than not, accept the mistakes or the lapse in judgement of another and we choose to forgive. Or do we?
 
Does that make us a sucker-to forgive? Are we less of a person because we choose to look the other way when we are done wrong?

No.  It means that the lie may have hurt and hurt deeply. But it is about us rather than them. Do we have the conviction it takes to say I will not be defined by someone else's remarks.  I will not be defined by what wrong was done to me. I will not allow someone else to take my strength, my joy, my love, my devotion, my inspiration. I will not let them have power to turn me into someone I do not wish to become. 

I will remain strong. I will look at the situation and I will acknowledge that the person who did wrong wasn't doing it to me. They were doing it to themselves.  As a result of what was said or done it will however change our lives as well as theirs.  It was their actions that made this change-not yours.  It was their bad choice that resulted in destroying things. But is was life's way of making us face that challenge in life. If we can take a bad situation and grow from it and not lower ourselves but rather rise above our circumstances then we have truly become stronger for it.  

I personally have faced such a challenge, many times in fact.  What have I done?  How have I overcome?

It definitely wasn't easy. And I'm not going to promise that it will be easy for you.   I cried, I pitied myself. I had my down days. But in the end; the choices I made to forgive weren't for the other person-they were for me.
 
 Now that doesn't mean I didn't take some action to regain some semblance of control back to my life. A life that had turned upside down by someone else but it does mean that the steps I took weren't ones that caused harm to the person that had hurt me so badly. No, rather they were done to heal me. To bring me peace. To help me grow.

The lessons I have learned from those that have entered my life has given me insight into what I want & need in my life. They have helped me see what I will and will not accept and as a result I am stronger than I ever imagined I could be. 

My story, for those that know me personally has been an inspiration to others and I hope it will inspire you too.  As I continue to develop these blogs and you get to know me I hope that my words will find comfort for you and the obstacles that you may face in your lives. My hope is that even as you envision the pants of the fire igniting that liar's butt you will realize that you face a life challenge...

Will you decide to watch them burn? or Will you pick up the hose and take back control 0f your life?