Thoughts from the Dirty City

From iGoogle How to of the Day

I was intrigued when I saw the title of today’s “how to of the day” I don’t consider myself an angry person, but who couldn’t learn to be a little more understanding. I was hoping for something really inspiring to make me want to call those mean girls from high school and tell them they are pretty and I didn’t mean all of those horrible things I said. Instead, I wanted to send iGoogle a message telling them where they could shove it. Too harsh? I don’t think so.

Theirs is a 12 step process, that alone should have been enough to prevent me from reading on. I gave them the benefit of the doubt, they are Google after all. I will summarize the steps for you since they tend to go on and on, and offer little as compensation for time wasted.

Step 1. Realize that the hate you feel toward your enemy does not harm them in the slightest. Chances are, they’ve gone on with their life and haven’t given you another thought.

(Step one just makes me want to call the person I am angry with and give them a piece of my mind to remind them they are a total looser)

Step 2. Make a list of the good things that happened as a result of this awful experience. (How often does something good come of getting irrationally angry)

Step 3. Look for the helpers. (What if all they did was help make me more angry)

Step 4. Was someone your “good samaritan”? I(What kind of hippy crap is this)

Step 5. Be compassionate with yourself. (If I was being compassionate with them, I wouldn’t be this angry)

Step 6. Learn that the Aramaic word for “forgive” means literally to “untie.” (What does that have to do with anything!!)

Step 7. Forgiveness must be unconditional. (crap)

Step 8. Stop telling “the story.” (ok, this one actually makes sense)

Step 9. Tell “the story” from the other person’s perspective. (didn’t you just tell me to STOP telling the story)

Step 10. When your enemy and their evil actions come to mind, send them a blessing. (This is as irritating as when my dad would tell me to pretend my vegetable were chocolate cake)

Step 11. Remember: you’re not the Lone Ranger On hearing my story of woe, one wise preacher said, “I worship a God with holes in his hands and feet.” Considering Jesus in the Bible – he unconditionally forgave those who did terrible things to him. And if you are wronged for doing right, then you’re experiencing what it is written that Jesus did, and that’s a good example to follow.

(I didn’t know how to sum this one up, or how to respond to it to be honest. If I was chill like Christ I wouldn’t need an iGoogle post to teach me to be forgiving)

Step 12. Maintain perspective: While the “evil” actions of your “enemy” are hurtful to you and your immediate surroundings, the rest of the world goes on unaware.
(The world might not know, but that doesn’t mean I should turn a blind eye.)

In closing, I think Google should stick to search engines and the like. Leave the spiritual healing stuff to people that have a clue. Hmm, maybe I shouldn’t have tried to read this on a Monday.

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