Actions that Bite Us

No one enjoys getting bitten.  There is something ugly about getting bitten.  Having been severely bitten by a dog at an early age, I can assure you that it leaves a nasty impression, even if a bad scar isn’t a result.

A friend related a story about his just turned 16 year old daughter.  She had been invited one weekend afternoon to the house of one of the boys at her school to play board games.  Both sets of parents were home, and were ok with it.  After some time at the games, the boy’s parents went to the downstairs family room to watch some TV, leaving the kids in the dining room to just hang out.  Evidently the young man felt it was a good opportunity to become just a bit amorous, and started to hug the young lady while standing behind the chair in which she was sitting.  She told him no.  In fact, she told him no 3 times; each time a bit stronger, yet the young man persisted.  After the 3^rd time, the girl bit his arm, and didn’t release the bite.  She actually caused quite a bit of bleeding because it was a nasty bite.  When the lad finally released her, she calmly told him “no means no”, put on her coat, and left the house while calling her dad to pick her up, that she would be waiting outside for him.  No to her, meant no—plain and simple.

Don’t our own actions come back to bite us from time to time?  How often do we keep doing the same thing over and over again while expecting the same results, only to find that each time the result is not what we expected?  We think that we have it all figured out, only to find out that because of our convoluted thinking we constantly get bit by the consequences of our ill thought out decisions and choices.  So often, when we get bitten, we have done it to ourselves. 

Bottom Line Thought:  How often do you feel the bite from some of your actions?  How often are those bites the results of the same actions which you have repeated once again?  How do you go about stopping that cycle?