Beware Drinking from Poisoned Wells

Too often we form negative opinions of others based solely on the negative opinions of others. We never truly get to know people as the beautiful individuals they are because our introduction to them has been clouded by the poison of other's opinions. Sometimes it is as little as saying "I would not trust him/her because they did me wrong at some point in time" conversation.  It is an area where the poison well simply has not come to grips what with whatever has happened, forgiven them and moved forward. At the worst it is a concerted effort to try to destroy another person and any relationship that could be of value to them. It is a perpetual effort of slander and defamation on the part of the poison well. These types will not rest until they see their dire predictions of doom and despair manifested in the life of the one they are seeking to destroy.

If we are honest with ourselves, at some point in life we have either been the poison well, or have drunk from  poisoned wells. It happens in marriages, on jobs, in communities and in the churches. Every relationship in your life can be potentially ruined by poisoned wells. The challenge is to realize when you may be potentially drinking from a poison well and to spit out that poison. You are a poison well, forgiveness is the antidote. In no way am I advocating ignoring warning signs, what I am advocating is you dealing with it one on one yourself, instead of  basing your every decision in your life off the opinions of others.