Where Praise Is... Planned

To catch up on the previous posting entitled "Where Praise Is... Found", try clicking on the title... go on, I dare you! - ED

Well, this is a joke! :(

I had this post originally written back in November, but I'm forced into a re-write of this because somehow I've managed to duplicate the third post and copied it over what I'd written for this one... honestly, so much for being a better man, huh?

But onto the matter at hand, where praise is planned...


Have you ever toyed with the idea that you are not as in control of your emotions as you might think sometimes? One minute you're ecstatic, the next? You're down in the dumps for no apparent reason.

Let me take a closer look at this for a few minutes of your time if you will, because whilst I've had to re-write this, I can still remember the flow of this theme.

Let's say for instance you're out at the shop and a certain event causes you to stop and think for a moment. I mean, the kind of event that catches your eye and you wonder one of two responses: -

1. if only that would happen to me; or
2. my goodness I'm glad that hasn't happened to me

Let's say, if you're in my shoes for a moment and you see a cutesy lovey-dovey couple all over one another, or as sanitarily possible given we're in a public place. I won't even lie to you and say that there's not a part of me that wishes just once, just once, that would be me.

Now, this is the critical point, because whilst I might have planned on being in that shop for around that time (which if you're me is a given what with my obsession with timings!), I certainly did not plan on encountering said boyfriend & girlfriend in a passionate clinch.

What do I do?

Do I go running from the store screaming "when will it be my turn?" or do I do something better? Take up a higher ground, as it were? Offer up a silent prayer of thanks for that little show of affection because love isn't dead despite what the media would have us think?

I'll tell you what I do, I actually pick one of those questions and apply it to myself; giving a silent moment of thanks for that little show of affection and then cling to the thought that one day that will be me.

If I haven't already told you why, then that's simply because back in 2009, God specifically told me that He had a partner picked out for me.

Back to the story... I took that moment and moulded it the best way that I knew how because to leave with jealousy in my heart is sooo draining and believe you me I've been down that road many, many times!

In other words, I made the choice to not let it affect me and moved on with my day. It is at this point I have to hold my hands up and admit that I don't always stick to that response because it's not easy at times living the single life... but such is life! ;)

Do you see what I did there? I made a choice to do something differently for once.

I've seen kissing in public before and it has offended me, only out of jealousy mind. If it's one thing I like seeing, lol, it's people who don't give a damn what the world thinks when it comes to sharing their love for their partner. This might very well speak volumes about me, but in the end, like the song goes, it doesn't even matter because again, like the song goes, it's my life (ED - Enough song references already, TLP!)!

Final Thought

In closing then, even though I've had to re-write this in 2015 yet it looks no different given the date stamp, I want you to consider my pointers that I've laid out.

Know that no matter what, I'll always be praying for you, praying that when misfortune strikes (or jealousy in this case!), that you'll be the better man or woman and make the choice to react differently.

It won't be easy because sometimes we react the way we've always done because we don't know any better!

Keep your chin up and look out for the next post, "Where Praise Is Pointed", which you can find here!

Peace out, bro's!