Let me tell you something that is real fundamental about me. I was raised in a Christian household. I went to Church every Sunday up until I went away to college and I have said that before.
Sitting back in the back of the Church watching my Great Grandmother usher, my Grandfather usher, and my Grandmother usher and as a child and even at one point as an adult being an usher my self. I learned service to others. Some people lose the meaning of what service to others really entails.
Throughout life there are lessons to be learned in various mediums. Some lessons you learn in school, some lessons you learn at home, some lessons you learn playing outside as a child, some lessons you learn in Church, some lessons you learn at work, some lessons you learn just by taking your individual walk in life.
One thing I always tried to teach my children was to be unique. Don't let others define you. Be honest about everything. Don't ever have a teacher have to call me about your misbehaving in school because she can't teach if she has to preach. Don't cause your teacher to have to take time away from others to scold you. Most of all help others. I taught them how to help others via our years of volunteer service prior to my getting married. We did what we were supposed to during the day and we helped others in the evenings and on the weekends. Unfortunately, they chose not to do any volunteer service later in life.
I sort of see them as the ones on the outside looking in as they were watching me try and mold and guide them. One thing I never taught my children was to sabotage the actions and reactions of others. To treat everyone with the respect they deserve. Watching all the mess which goes on with reality television I wonder if I did them a disservice in not at least bringing to the limelight how some people only know sabotage as a strategy, they don't nothing else.
When I say sabotage as a strategy I mean you know those folks who do things because they can't be as good as you so the only thing they know is take, take, take. The misguided souls who figure as long as they keep a good person down they will always rise up.
I think some people watch too much reality television and fail to realize they are shows for the rating. They let the bad habits and ways they see in these shows spill over into their life.
My favorite reality shows are those which inspire, uplift, and encourage. Others favorites seem to be the ones where people are acting ignorant, loud, rude, and obnoxious. The worst they act the higher the ratings.
Personally I like the reality shows that shows the more creativity, energy, hard work executed with good ethics brings about the best results. I like seeing great ideas in motion. New ways of doing things. Business practices and business strategies that help to inspire and encourage others.
It really comes as no surprise to me that some folks only strategy is sabotage. You have websites that get hacked because others sometimes want to bring the competition down. Others hack and bring folks websites and files down for the fun of it just to throw folks off their game. They change up files. The Internet and any network actually has the capability to allow unscrupulous folk to shine.
I thank God that he is all knowing and all seeing. Someone may be getting away hacking into stuff that may impact me but again God is all seeing and all knowing. I know there are a lot of people who may not believe in God. I was raised to be a God fearing person. I don't do things to sabotage others because I try and live my life in accordance with what is pleasing in Gods eyes. I don't do things to intentionally sin more but as I saw in a post recently which is very fitting I live my in accordance with sinning less.
So if sabotage is your strategy I feel sorry for you. I'll never compete on that level. I'm competing for a higher power.
