Monday; July 31
Have you ever found yourself rooting for someone else’s failure? Now, on the surface this may sound a bit mean, but it may be more common than we might like to admit. When another person’s idea is accepted over ours do we think, “Fine, I hope that they go ahead with it and it falls flat on its face”? When those who have been rough on us in the past find themselves in a bind do we reason, “It serves them right, now I hope they find out how I felt”? When another person makes a bad choice, do we hope, “I can’t wait until they get what they have coming to them”? Often, there is a fine line between vindication and vindictiveness. Sure there are natural consequences for all of our actions – both good and bad – but we must be careful not to wish ill on others. Who actually wins when people fail – often the answer is no one. When people suffer (even because of choices that they made) we need to be careful not to glo...