Do not waste your time

By blaming someone, you are wasting your time
You are also fooling yourself
By accusing God for your destiny, you are wasting your time
You are also fooling yourself
Be indulging in lamentation, you are just wasting your energy
And you are fooling yourself
And hurting yourself

Better make up your mind
Accept what you have
And use your time to build your character that you could respect and adore.
That's the only way you would not regret

Don't get discouraged easily

If you hear only one side, it is so easy for you to get discouraged or disappointed. Always, tell yourself that what you are hearing is not everything. There is always the view from some other side to be considered. Don't limit yourself by thinking that you have a right to believe in only one thing. Come on! You are the lord of everything in the universe. Did you forget that? You are the hero of the most important movie in the human history. And your audience is--God.

Getting discouraged or not is up to you. You have your free will to choose, and ability to choose your way. Do not underestimate your ability to become happy. Do not believe that someone else has ability to make you happy or unhappy. Listening to and accepting a lie ending up hurting God is a crime. We must only listen to God, and show to the world who I belong to.

Don't just listen to one side story only

If you want to understand things correctly, don't just listen to one side story but always try to listen to the other side. Then, who knows, you may find something very different, and things start to make more sense.
Why I say this? It' because so many times I witness that people don't do this, and cause so much trouble and conflict, ending up everybody's unhappiness.
I simply need to have a humble attitude towards the truth. I need to be aware my limitation of recognizing the truth, as well as the limitation of the people (is spite of their good will often) to express the truth.

Try not to lie. If you start finding yourself lying without feeling any guilty in your conscience, then watch out! You may be going a wrong way. There is human culture in which lying is not allowed, as well as the culture in which lying is accepted with some method of justification. And it is not somebody else but you who are to create a certain culture. Therefore, no matter what kind of direction this world is heading for, we still have a hope--because of you!

Thank God for being misunderstood? -- (3)

Most simply, why do you feel hurt?--it is because you are "selfish"!
Imagine if you already have a mature mind or heart, then if someone tries to hurt you, it may not work because you will not be affected negatively.

Therefore, getting hurt is, in a way, a very precious chance for you to realize how selfish, or how immature you are, and to re-examine your internal behavior and improve it, which would surely benefit your future. After all, what is the reason of our unhappiness? It is often because of our selfishness and immaturity--which seeks to get something from others more than to give to others. When something you expect (even something like respect, appreciation, praise, understanding, consideration, care, fair treatment, justice, nice welcome, greeting, smile, hospitality, etc.) doesn't come, you may get hurt. Why? That's because you don't have a selfless, or mature mind/heart which seeks to give to others more than to get/receive something from others. We do more or less have this mind and it is the cause of our unhappiness. We need to work on that part, which our conscience usually tells us to do.

Thank God for being misunderstood? -- (2)

It is very easy to feel hurt when you feel you are misunderstood by someone.
Just be careful, though, not to be dwelling on your own feeling. When that person said something which may have hurt you, he usually do not mean to hurt you, or he usually have a certain good intention for you (such as to help you, advise you, encourage you, let you learn, let you grow, etc.), which should come from his good conscience. Do not forget to pay attention to that. Then you may find gratitude in that situation. However, we do have a tendency to dwell on our own feeling (victim mentality), and lose our precious chance to find higher level of love, relationship, and our potential. And instead we would be building a defensive wall around us. Watch out!
Before reacting according to your emotion, try to control your month, have a deep breath, and try to see from different perspective like above. Then, be happy!

Another point is that when you feel hurt, consider that as a very important moment to think about a possibility that you might be giving somebody around you such feeling without your being aware of it. People may not tell you when they get hurt by your word. Therefore, it is a good chance for you to think about that, which might help your betterment.

Thank God for religion (?) -- (3)

In fact, nobody can judge you.
Therefore, you don't need to worry about how people will judge you,
or even how God will judge you.
The only one fearful thing is that I am the one who judge myself.
My conscience is the only judge.
And my lifetime is the only one chance to live my life, or to create myself, using my free will and creativity.
How can I use every moment of my life to create myself well--that's the challenge, or "chance"
Therefore, it is good sometimes to watch drama. That might give you a stimulation to live well.
After all, this is the only one lifetime,
and you are the only one who can live your life, oh my God! It's so amazing!

Thank God for religion (?) -- (2)

Another problem of religion is that it is often used to "judge" people.
A teacher would say, "You must love God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind." But who do you think you are to judge whether a person is loving God or not? He would say, "You don't need to follow those who don't love God." But are you saying that you are capable enough to judge if someone loves God and someone doesn't?" This type of judgment will just expose what kind of level of love are you in because we would judge people according to our own level. ("For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get...")
Therefore, instead of judging whether someone is loving God or not, we need to humbly learn better/deeper way to love and keep growing all the time. One expression of love is to follow someone or obey someone, but another way to express love could be not just following superficially but take responsibility to accomplish what the lord wants to accomplish... something like that. Therefore, it is always safe to consult with our conscience--in a way, think more about how God look at you than how people look at you.

Thank God for tough life

What can I say... life is tough...
In a way everyone is a pioneer of his/her life. You find yourself somewhere which no human being has ever been to. You are the very pioneer of that place. Your destiny is to make a beautiful flower out of what you have. That's where you will use your creativity, through which you will be "growing". Nobody else can do that but you. That's how important and precious you are. You are the only one in the universe who can do that. Sometimes we look around and compare what I have with what other people have, ending up complaining or being discouraged. But, no wasting time! You will be eating up your precious moment which could become a diamond.
That's why we cannot compare with others. God granted me what's the best for me to bear my fruit. The process to figure this out will also be the part of the drama of my life. Good thing is God loves me, and he will not give me something which He doesn't believe I can bear. I just need to be honest, sincere and stay communicating with my conscience.

Thank God for mistakes

Making mistakes is so important in our lives. Why?
* by making mistakes, I can learn a lot from it
* by making mistakes, I can understand what it's like to make a mistake, which would help me to have sympathy towards those who made mistakes
* and thus I may be of help to those who made similar mistakes
* by making mistakes, I can avoid to become overconfident/ or arrogant
* you may be representing those who made the same mistakes (and thus have been suffering the consequences--I'm talking about those who already have gone to the other world), so that they can be liberated through your overcoming the situation of having made the mistake
* that means, you are experiencing that mistake as an historic figure--as the hero of the movie--"My audience is God!"
* by pursuing through your conscience, you may eventually come to understand deep love of God who intentionally allowed you to be put in the situation to make such mistake for some particular purpose deriving from His eternal love for you

Anyway, when you realize you made a mistake, first thing you do is:
Say "Thank you God for this mistake." and then, try to have a deep breath...
...and then start to think and figure out how exactly you can be thankful for that. At least, you will lose nothing by thanking, but thanking usually will give you some extra energy to deal with the situation in a positive way.

Thank God for religion (?)

This is a tough one.
Of course there's no doubt that religion gives us a lot of benefit for our lives.
However, religion is horrible in so many ways...

Religion gives people reason to be self-righteous with (or without) being aware of his being self-righteous. Religion gives justification for him to do evil in the name of God/or love. Thus, people loses humility, sincerity, honesty, authenticity, and genuineness.
Religion justifies hatred, anger, blaming, demanding, etc. in the name of God/or love, and it takes away peace, happiness, basic trust, openness and generosity--these values which religion generally supports.

Of course, the problem is not religion itself, but people who tries to practice it. But religion is creating people to be that way. Therefore, we need to, at least, be aware of this kind of mechanism behind religion. I have a hope, though, that as long as people humbly kneel down before God with honesty to his conscience, then there is a way God can guide him to the right direction. Thus, always the problem is us--when we lack honesty and humility.

Thank God for being cheated

Cheating is not a right thing. That doesn't benefit people who are cheated. Moreover, that doesn't benefit those who cheat, either--even though it may seem to benefit them in a short term, never in a longer term, absolutely never in terms of eternity. History will judge what you do; you cannot escape from it; you will be humiliated not only by the people, but especially by your own self--your own conscience will never forgive you.

So many cheatings are going on, though, throughout the world. Worst ones are those done under the name of something beautiful--such as "righteousness", "goodness", and even "love"--so that the act of cheating is justified to be accepted as something which express those values. People cheat themselves without knowing what they are doing. Oh, my goodness! And if they don't know what they are doing, what do you expect? Things will go out of control, which could end up as a disaster that even would destroy the whole planet...

Somebody has to stop this. Somebody has to be able to stop this. However, one thing bothering is why God allow these things to be happening. If God is allowing these cheating to continue, knowing (I believe He knows them) what's happening, but for some reason (which is beyond my understanding) He wouldn't dare to intervene and stop them, then, what should be my attitude towards that?

At least I should first say, "Thank you God for the cheating" and then I should try to figure out what is God's Will behind it, and what is my role which He expects me to fulfill in this situation. I somehow do need to develop my deep relationship with Him in following the right path. It is easy to say "follow your conscience" but if I don't have a clear idea about what it means, these terms are also so easy to be used by someone (such as "religion") for its particular (organizational) intention and direction, which may not be the right direction from God's viewpoint...

Anyway, even though you are cheated, don't just cheat back reactively, but follow the right way. As long as you go the way which your conscience agrees, the history is with you, so is God.

Thank God for my weakness!

Everyone has his own unique weakness, which he/she may not be very inspired to even think about.
Because of such weakness, he/she may tend to accuse himself/herself, or hate himself/herself, and get disappointed about himself/herself, and even curse God for that weakness, ending up being unhappy.

However, let's say what if I didn't have such weakness? Weakness has some good aspects:
* because of my weakness, I can understand the heart and situation of other people who also struggle with his own unique weakness, which may help me to have a heart of empathy.
* because of my weakness, I can pray and think about God's heart and situation when He had to deal with his children having their unique problems throughout the history, which may help me to connect to God's deep heart and unconditional love behind

Therefore, when you think about if you didn't have such unique problem, you may find the reason why you should thank God for your weakness.

Thank God for being misunderstood?

When you are misunderstood by someone, can you be grateful about it?
And what if it is totally unreasonable no matter from what perspective you think about it?
And what if that misunderstanding might hurt other people also?

Should I find out the cause of that misunderstanding and make effort to correct it?
...which might also cause some other people to possibly get hurt...

First, I need to control myself not to react to that.
If possible, just say, "Thank you, God for what's happening."
Then I need to try to see from higher perspective (such as seeking for God's perspective) ...nothing happens by chance; there must be some meaning and purpose for that, through which I may need to get some message from Heaven, such as to make some change in my life, or, to deepen my understanding about His situation and heart

Then based on that, I follow my conscience to figure out what is the right way to deal with it.

Hmm... am I right?

Thank God for the bathroom again

Bathroom is a place where you can forget about other things and find peace of mind. They did a good job when they named it as a "restroom."

First I thank God for this peace, warm shower, etc.

Then I realize that not everyone can enjoy this luxury.

Then I say, who am I that God allow me to enjoy this luxury?

Then I realize that I have a duty and obligation for the fellow human beings, and humbly determine to live for others more.

My conscience, though, will not allow me complete peace until all mankind can live in peace.

Anyway, thank God that I am still alive, and I still have a chance...