Action Reaction

Things in life, just don't happen. Usually there has been an action of some kind and following it, a reaction. If you light a fire, there is flame. If you cook, there is aroma. If you hurt someone, it may come back and hurt you. That's the way life is. You have to be prepared to deal with the reactions to your actions. But when does it all begin? What begins it and who starts it? Perhaps your act, you say, is merely a reaction to the actions of another. It is easy to wriggle out of what you have done to cause the reaction you don't like and blame others for what you are doing. How dare this person do what he/she did? They deserve what they got. Oh no, you did something or there would be no reaction. The hard part is being honest about yourself and what you did to start the "reaction ball" rolling.  Okay, so you thought you were fixing something you didn't like and acted on that. You knew there would be a reaction but when it happened you said that what you did was justified. Unfortunately, the world doesn't care what you think; you are going to get a reaction. That's nature's law. All that being said, how do you stop this atomic sort of on-going Hatfield-McCoy business? Someone has to end the flip flop action/reaction momentum. Blaming will not stop it. Self-righteousness won't make it quit. So what is the answer? The answer is that someone has to opt out of the game. If you want to opt out of this kind of insanity, you must say to yourself - why does it matter what my enemy  does. I have my own life to live, my own agenda to serve and it does not include what others do or think or say or how they behave. I am me and I will continue down my pathway in life. I will ignore all the action/reaction "stuff" and just move on. Doing this, you have cleared your path and all obstructions and now you can go on with what is truly important to you in your life. Bon voyage!