I believe it was Albert Einstein who defined insanity as “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Come on, admit it… you can relate to this, can’t you? Don’t panic, this post is not intended to determine whether or not you’re insane, but according to Mr. Einstein, we all may be a little crazy 
This post can produce almost immediate positive results if you adhere to the following simple suggestion. You may have heard me say this before and here it is again, as I heard someone say many years ago, “if you want to feel good, don’t do things that make you feel bad.” It doesn’t get much simpler than that. The more we practice this, the better we will feel, gradually improving our self-esteem and self-worth. It’s not easy to be happy when we don’t like ourselves and when we continue to behave in ways that make us feel bad. Why is it do you think that certain behaviors make you feel bad? It’s because you are probably doing something wrong. Happiness will naturally develop as a result of right-living, not wrong living.
When we act in ways that we know we should not, we trigger a series of negative feelings and thoughts. We may become angry with ourselves and although we may be aware that we are angry, we may not realize why we are and then we subject others to our anger. That’s not really fair to the rest of the world, is it? We do something stupid and everyone else has to suffer. We also lose our self-respect and we can no longer trust ourselves. How can we trust ourselves when we continue to do things that we know we shouldn’t do? When we cannot trust ourselves, what do you think happens to our trust in others? Again, others suffer because of our bad behaviors. It is unpleasant not to be trusted, especially when it’s not warranted and the lack of trust has more to do with the other person’s issues as opposed to anything we may have done. Let’s not forget our self-esteem or self-worth. Not feeling good about ourselves sets off a domino affect of negative and unhealthy feelings, attitudes and behaviors of which I could write pages.
All this and more, because we behave in ways that we should not. I am not saying that every little thing that you knowingly do wrong will set off such a negative chain of events, but that little thing may be one of those dominoes.
Anonymous
on Mar 20th, 2009
@ 2:33 AM:
Nice post…Really helpful.
Thank you!
Anonymous
on Mar 20th, 2009
@ 11:50 AM:
This post made me want to be a better person. I felt empowered by it. Thank You!