15 Ways to Live Longer and Healthier by Joel Osteen

Author:Joel Osteen [Osteen, Joel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: FaithWords
Published: 2023-10-10T00:00:00+00:00

Get the Contaminants Out

There was a professional boxer who was the middle weight champion of the world back in the 1990s. He was known for his aggressiveness in the ring. He fought with such anger and viciousness, almost as though he was out of control. After one fight, a reporter asked him why he fought with such aggression, how he could be that driven. The reporter was expecting a standard answer, such as, “I’m just very competitive, and I love to box.” But the boxer said the reason he fought with such anger and such hostility was because his father was abusive. He mistreated his mother and fought with her. Their home was very violent. His father had told him that he would never amount to anything. When he was ten years old, his father abandoned the family, and he never saw him again. He said, “When I step into the ring, I picture my father’s face on my opponent. I have so much hatred toward him, I just explode.”

I thought about the difference between my friend and this boxer. Both had betrayals, both had rejection, but one is living healthy, with great children, and being blessed. The other is angry, violent, and bitter. The difference is that one learned to let things go, and the other chose to hold on. Yes, the boxer had success on the outside, but if you’re poisoned inside, it’s going to spoil every victory. Is there something you need to let go of? Is there bitterness and anger about how someone treated you or what didn’t work out? Don’t do as the boxer did and let that poison the rest of your life. It wasn’t right what they did, but you’re forgiving so you can be free. You’re letting it go so you can see beauty for the ashes.

Years ago, there was toxic waste that needed to be discarded, but nobody knew what to do with it. They had never had to get rid of something that toxic and dangerous. After studying it and getting different opinions, a company built big metal containers like you see on a ship, and they put the toxic waste in it. They went to great lengths to make sure it was sealed very tightly, and the toxic waste wouldn’t get out. Then they buried these containers deep in the ground. They were so relieved that they finally got rid of it. They thought they were done, but forty years later, the containers started leaking. The toxin was contaminating the soil, the water, the air, forcing people to move away. The problem was that the waste was too toxic to bury.

There are some things you can’t bury, such as anger, and think it’s not going to affect you. You can’t bury bitterness, hatred, and rejection and not have it leak out. That’s too toxic. That poison, at some point, will contaminate not just your dreams, your attitude, and your vision, but it will affect the people around you. The best thing you can do is get that toxic waste out of you.

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