A Personal Note From Joseph Quitman Johnson

A Personal Note from Joseph Q. Johnson

You only hurt yourself when you harbor hate and bitterness for deeds

inflicted by

others in the long ago past. It is not easy, but time and patience

will help you

finally get over it. You learn more about life and surviving and

human spirit from

experiencing five years of pain, hardship and tribulations,

than from 50 years of

tranquility and contentment. It takes too much of your

time and energy to seek

revenge against those who inflicted pain and

suffering and misdeeds on you in the

many years past. It doesn't mean that

you forget, you just file it in a unused

chamber in your brain and go on with

your life.

There is great inner comfort and a feeling of worthiness in fighting for the

rights

and happiness of people less fortunate, even if the battle is lost at

times.

Love makes you feel good all over, inside and out.