Hot Potatoes
During our life we will come across all different types of people.
Some are kind and friendly and will do anything they can to help.
While others are unkind, nasty, rude, insulting and totally mean.
These attitudes sometimes affects the way we react to the people.
It is usually easy to get along with someone who is kind to you,
And friendly people seem to make lots of friends easily too.
People who will do nearly anything for someone else aren’t easy to find,
But when you do you will have a treasure you should cherish but never abuse.
The other kind of people often make life difficult for others around them.
Their words can do great damage to others and stunt their emotional and mental growth.
These words can affect someone like a hot potato that burns.
It is our usual reaction to drop a hot potato very quickly so we don’t burn.
However, there are some people who just can’t seem to let it go.
That hot potato just keeps burning and causing pain for years.
The insult, the emotional pain, is cradled in their hearts for too long.
If these people don’t release this hurt it could burn right through them.
One way to release this hurt is to put an open, empty box in front of you.
Pretend that you drop these hot potatoes – naming them - into the box and shut it.
Then pick up the box and say – So-n-so this or these belongs to you.
They are not mine, and I do not want them around anymore.
Then put the box down and walk away from it leaving there.
To release a long held hurt is not always an easy thing to do.
And this process may need to be done several times over.
However, if done properly you should feel a sense of release.
The moral of this whole story is that hot potatoes burn!
If held onto, they can do serious damage which will leave scars.
To hold onto hurtful things said and done to you by other
Can burn you mentally and emotionally leaving horrible life-long scars.
So – STOP AND DROP THAT HOT POTATO!!!!!
© Kym Miller 2018
Until next time – remember, safety first!