Wednesday, October 3, 2007

To All the Wonderful People In My Life

Life is a theater so invite your audiences carefully. Not everyone is holy enough and healthy enough to have a front row seat in our lives. There are some people in your life who need to be loved from a distance. It's amazing what you can accomplish when you let go, or at least minimize your time with draining, negative, incompatible, not-going-anywhere relationships, friendships, fellowships, and family!

Not everyone can be in your front row.

Observe the relationships around you. Pay attention to: which ones lift and which ones lean? Which ones encourage, and which ones discourage? Which ones are on a path of growth uphill and which ones are just going downhill? When you leave certain people, do you feel better or feel worse? Which ones always have drama or don't really understand, know, and appreciate you and the gift that lies within you?

Not everyone can be in your front row.

The more you seek God and the things of God, the more you seek quality; the more you seek not just the hand of God but the face of God, the more you seek things honorable; the more you seek growth , peace of mind, love and truth around you, the easier it will become for you to decide who gets to sit in the front row and who should be moved to the balcony of your life.

Not everyone can be in your front row.

You cannot change the people around you... but you can change the people you are around! Ask God for wisdom and discernment and choose wisely the people who sit in the front row of your life. Remember that front tow seats are for special and deserving people and those who sit in your front row should be chosen carefully.

Everyone can't be in your front row.

~Author Unknown

4 comments:

Hammy said...

I hope that I have made it in your front row. Otherwise I won't know what to do with this dozen roses. Usually I would throw them on stage for you, but that is only if I can get a front row seat. Maybe I should look into a backstage pass, hmmm, that sounds nice.

Glimpses of Audrey said...

Silly boy :) your place is Front and Center. I love you!

tolman said...

you should have posted that on his blog so he gets it but that maid sence to me it kind of answered a question ive been having thanks

Jessie's Joy in Her Journey said...

that is a great quote! I like the comments backstage too. hee hee