Good evening family!!!

A Mayan Proverb reads, "It is not good to hit a dog because it will no longer help you in case you need to pass the flames of a fire."

How many times have you wanted to say something or do something, but the end result would be disastrous? How many times have, in anger, we thought about responding with something? How many times have we ever fanned the flames of a fire in the heat of an argument, only to apologize about it later? How times have we taken some action in our lives and the end result was it damaged our relationship with others? How many times do we have to keep hitting the brick wall, before we recognize that we're only hurting ourselves in the process? How many times in our lives could we have just sat back, took a breath, and not responded at all? People accuse and assume all the time, and they have a right to assume and accuse. People have a right to feel and say things they want to feel and say. My encouragement is let's not hit the dog. We might need help later. 

Too many times in our lives, we experience let downs, anger, jealousy, guilt, sadness, and too many times we rely on people that we trust. Trust is a major factor in relationships, and it goes a long way. Let's not break or lose trust, if we can help it. Again, let's not hit the dog. That dog we just hit, we might need one day. We rely on a socially constructed world to help us, one day at a time. There's never a "me" moment. There's always an "us" moment. 

If you're the CEO or owner of a company, you have either / or both, employees and customers. If you're a manager, you have people who work under you. If you're a colleague, you have people who teach you, train you, and will help you in times of need. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, there's hotlines for you, emergency departments and medical professionals. If you're homeless, there's resources that can be used. Again, let's not hit the dog, as this dog will help us when we are in need.

Thank you. Working on doing my own website and opening it up for blogging. 