Personal Philosophy

The more I go through the motions of life and try out living the teachings of Jesus Christ the more I am convinced of their ability to produce happiness. Let's start by examining a younger Mal Pal who was picked on mercilessly by one or more older brothers and to be fair, one dad. My dad has jokingly told a story about how I would burst into tears at the slightest discipline from him. I laugh and think about how that sounds about right, I wanted to cry a lot as a child. I also got angry at the boys a lot. I hated one of my brothers when I was younger and forgiveness was practically a journey. It felt wonderful when I finally figured it out. With effort and planning over the years I have found it easier to forgive and therefore I can do it faster. Recently I had my feelings hurt by a handful of people all at once. I thought about it for about 5 seconds then said to myself "what am I going to do? be mad at them all forever?" I didn't really have a choice. Well I did, but one choice was so very clearly a waste of my time and energy. So I set out to letting things go. My friend told me that reminded her of an article that was just the last key to figuring out exactly to let go of those silly things. I started my garden immediately and I already need more room.