Fires or flowers?

What’s in your tank? When I see the way some behave I have to ask the question. 

Then I find the question coming right back at me when I react to others in ways that are hurtful, even harmful. 

What are you running on? Is it regret, remorse, feeling of inferiority and rejection. 

Is this why you lash out at others, most of whom you don’t even know?  

None of these brewing emotions will get you (or me) very far even if regret and remorse and inferiority seem earned and appropriate. Live like this for any length of time and this toxic mix will return to you from all sides. 

Perhaps life has filled your tank with anger, arrogance, grievances and blame. 

Running on this mixed up mix may give you a feeling of empowerment but you will never find any semblance of happiness with all that living within you. Such attitudes and emotions will alienate you from others, even those whom you love. 

This concoction will burn you and others if you live long enough without imploding or exploding.

May we (you and I) do whatever it takes to fill our tanks with humility and kindness. 

Such attitudes and emotions will take us places worth going. 

With humility and kindness filling our tanks we will build solid and trustworthy friendships. 

We’ll be planting flowers, not putting out fires.