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A major piece of the Upbeat Livingsm lifestyle choice is not letting evil get to you: Don’t Give in to Evil! When we are in Upbeat Living, we celebrate the good, and we select the highest and best thoughts, languaging, actions,and experiences. These choices lead us into better brain health, stronger relationships and families, more joy, and longer and healthier lives. The apostle Paul said [Phillipians 4:8],
Brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
This week I wrote about celebrating freedom, and I talked about France’s annual July 14th celebration of independence, widely known as Bastille Day. I urged readers to think about and celebrate their own freedom. Yesterday, many thousands of nice people gathered to watch July 14th fireworks in France, the UK, Belgium, the Czech Republic, and a number of other countries. Suddenly, in Nice, France, a huge truck rammed through the crowds, with a single driver using an automatic weapon to kill as many as possible. This is evil. This act was a celebration of taking evil to the maximum level this individual could manage. There were at least 10 children among the 84 dead, and a number of people are on life support at this hour.
The point of this kind of evil is to paralyze your mind, heart, and actions. So don’t let it. Whenever you feel fear of people who are violent or simply nasty, think an opposite thought. Think of ministries in third world countries, making sure children have sandals on their feet and meals and medical care. Think of nonprofits rescuing girls from human trafficking. Think of India passing legislation against child slavery. Think of Worldfish, an organization helping hungry countries develop their own food supplies through fisheries. Think of the animal welfare organizations that have convinced major circuses to retire their elephants and create elephant sanctuaries; this is happening 2 years earlier than originally planned. Think of the infant orangutans, snatched from their mothers to be pets for people, rescued by animal welfare organizations and now living with other orangutans, not isolated, but in sanctuaries. Think of food banks providing free food for those who need it. Think of some good you can wreak on the world.
You have a right to the best internal life you can muster, and you are always at choice. You have a right to choose gratitude and joy. So Don’t Give in to Evil. It’s your life! And that’s Upbeat Living.
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- Kebba Buckley Button is a stress management expert. She also has a natural healing practice and is an ordained minister. She is the author of the award-winning book, Discover The Secret Energized You (http://tinyurl.com/b44v3br), plus the 2013 book, Peace Within: Your Peaceful Inner Core, Second Edition(http://tinyurl.com/mqg3uvc ). Her newest book is Sacred Meditation: Embracing the Divine, available through her office. Just email SacredMeditation@kebba.com.
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I believe with all of my heart that there is not more evil today than in the past. I do believe that we have instant access to those horrible things going on in the world via instant media [and therefore it seems as if there is more]. I have made a choice to mourn when necessary, feel sadness when I feel sad, and to acknowledge the anger these events bring up in me; but then I release it so it does not take over my life. Evil only wins when we allow it to keep us from the things we love, when we choose not to do something because of Fear. It’s not always easy to live from this place, but I want Love in my life, not Fear. It’s a conscious choice. This is something I feel in my heart; in my soul.
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It’s hard to not feel paralyzed by such evil! The fear of terrorism IS paralyzing! Scared to get on a plane, scared to go to large public gatherings, scared to go to the mall & the movies. So what is the alternative? Hide? Hide my light & love. Hide my life’s purpose. Hide from the terror…NO! It is a choice to be brave despite the evils of the world. There has always been evil & will always be evil! Instead I chose to spread light & love instead of contaminating with more negativity! Does this mean I have turned a blind-eye or live with a utopian mind-set…NOPE! I just chose to put ALL my energy into spreading light & love! We need all the light & love we can get! Thanks Kebba for your light & love!
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Candace, you are so right, and I love what you’ve said! Let’s keep it up until Evil is stupefied by our Love and Light. I truly believe Go(o)d wins. Thank you so much for visiting and commenting!
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This is a good word for us today. We hear so much about the evil, I think I am going to try something, from now on, when I hear of an evil act, I will try to personally do at least 2 acts of kindness. It won’t undo the evil, but at least it will help spread some good too.
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Vicki, fantastic! It may not undo the one particular evil, but it will lift the global balance toward Go(o)d. Bless you!
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“Whenever you feel fear of people who are violent or simply nasty, think an opposite thought.” ~ Yes! Perfect!! This is what I teach, too. I actually say, “Cancel!” & then imagine something ridiculous like tap-dancing penguins or flying clowns. Love this post, Kebba! ❤
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Jeanine, fantastic that you teach this, too! I love the tap-dancing penguins. To me, innocence is the polar opposite of evil. So I like to recall images of babies and baby animals. If I need attitude therapy, it’s videos of elephant sanctuaries and rescued infant orangutans, adorable kittens and puppies and teacup piglets oh my. Saying “cancel” is especially wonderful when we’ve just said something allowing power of the dark. “Erase” is good, too. Blessings!
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Babies!!! I’ve never thought to do that. Awesome idea. Thx!
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Absolutely. Maybe even pix/videos of your own child?
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Good reminder! It’s so easy to get wrapped up in the negativity in the world.
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Sarah, yes, the illusion that some people’s cruelty is important, often seems so big and real. But it is small and evil. Thanks so much for visiting and commenting!
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Good word. It’s so easy to get totally bogged down with the weight of evil and horror going on in the world today. It’s to the point you don’t even want to watch the news any more, because mostly all we hear about is the bad. You have to purposely dig to find the few rays of sunshine and hope to lift your spirits!
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K-Lee, thank you, and yes! We are called to be and do certain things in this life, and “getting bogged down” is not part of our call :-). We MUST dig for the sunshine, puppies, bubbles, flowers, and mountainscapes, so we can stay in our blessing gratitude. Thanks for visiting and commenting!
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