Sugar vs. Vinegar

      Remember last week's blog of "personal hide and seek"? This one is going to add to that in some ways that I hope you can see and understand. Remember I started out with an old saying last week? Well, going to do the same this week,  but, I hope, that isn't the only similarity you get. Remember the old saying "You can attract more flies with sugar than with vinegar"? If we are talking really wanting to attract flies, is it true? But what does that have to do with last week's "hide and seek" blog? Remember (seems to be the popular word this week) that we needed to look inside and get rid of those things we prefer to hide from others and seek to bring out the good in ourselves? Well, sugar is the good in us and vinegar is the not so good. If we can focus on having a positive attitude, even within AND with ourselves, we will have a much happier countenance AND a greater influence on people who will be drawn to us! (The flies in the saying have turned into people here!) IF we focus on the vinegar within us and let it predominate, it will still show on our countenance AND we will probably be pretty alone and sadly not much liked by others.Think about it! Reach into that memory and find at least one person you loved being around! Why? May I just splurge a bit personally here? I can think of many such people in my life, but the one who ALWAYS comes to the forefront first is my angel mother. I honestly have never met a person who didn't like her and eagerly looked forward to being around her. Why? Because she ALWAYS looked for the good (sugar) in others and was cheerful, kind and just a positive example of love and caring. She was total sugar in all she did! Perfect? No, but she worked on it in a positive light every day. And her influence was felt by so many. Now, can you think of vinegar people in your life? I can for sure, but I will let my sugar take control and not name names, but point out a bit of what makes them vinegar people! They dwell on the negative!! They look for the negative! AND they never let themselves OR YOU forget all the negative!!! Do you ever find yourself dwelling on the vinegars in your life? Those are the things we need to let go of, get rid of and overcome with the sugar in our lives. WE all have troubles, challenges and difficulties in this life. That is part of why we are here: to overcome our vinegar with our sugar! As you learn to do so, you can also let your sugars help influence the vinegar people in your life. Again, my mom did it all the time in so many ways  and in so many people's lives. And as we look around we can truly see that the vinegar people are trying to take over and control everyone and everything. BUT again, they can't if we do not let them. So let's use our sugars to influence the vinegars in  our lives and never ever let our vinegars take control of us either. Sugar DOES attract more flies than vinegar and if you search through your memory you will see the truth of it as well. Don't let your own vinegars nor those of others control you! Bring out your sugars, Sugar, and shine forth with the sweetness of life and love, and joy and peace!!!