What does the fire of your soul do to others? What do other souls do to you?
Last night it was chilly outside, so my husband started a campfire. We sat close to the fire and chatted about how our camping trip was going.
Sitting next to my hubby’s fire, I realized it was just like the embers that emanate from his soul.
He almost always puts the needs and desires of others ahead of his own. Although he is a Vietnam veteran and suffers from PTSD and other ailments, he does not want to drag others down when he feels down. So, most of the time, he smiles and laughs when he feels like crying. And, every day he tries to help everyone he can.
The fire of his soul burns brightly and warms others around him, but the fires that burn in the souls of too many others I have encountered have not been this way. Embers from some of these other souls have damaged people around them instead of creating warmth, and at times they have murdered others’ souls.
How can the fire in your soul harm others? It harms others when your negative feelings and desires fuel your actions and words. Your negativity is emotionally contagious and impacts yourself and others in many ways. Negativity weakens the immune system, making its victim more prone to disease, heart attacks, or a stroke. Sadly, it also compromises the effectiveness of the neurons in the brain and impacts both your reasoning and memory.
If negative people seem to be trying to hurt you and literally burn you up, please take action before they destroy you, either physically or emotionally.
- Say goodbye!
No matter how hard you try, you cannot save everyone around you, so you need to save yourself first! Please say goodbye to the toxic people in your life you do not have to spend time with.
After you say goodbye, you need to surround yourself with others who lift you higher instead of dragging you down.
- Distance yourself!
Of course, there may be some negative people in your life whom you cannot avoid—like your boss or a coworker. Distance yourself from these people as much as possible.
If cigarette smoke makes you feel ill, do you remain in close proximity to others when they smoke? No, of course not. Negativity impacts your health and life as much or more than second-hand smoke does, so we all should distance ourselves from negative people.
- Make others smile!
President Obama said, “If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope. You will fill yourself with hope.”
Many scientific studies have proven that paying it forward makes others feel better and also creates long-lasting feelings of joy within yourself. Joy is the best antidote to negativity.
Bring some homemade cookies to work and share them. Help others with their own projects. If you make others smile, they will most likely make you smile in return.
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Whatever you do, please do not ever allow the fire of your soul to harm others. And, do not let the flames from others’ souls harm you, either.
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