“Live Righteously and Love Everyone”

When you live your life, you have certain ideas on how to live your life. What is good for your life? What is good for you children’s life? What is good for the world in your view? What is best treatment for your fathers’ cancer? What kind of piece should you play for the next recital? All diverse questions on life or events in your life that might result in living the right life or the life you’re content with.

One of the things I love to do right, in living my own righteously life; drinking a cup of tea, playing the violin, watching a movie, walking in nature, thinking about making a better world, thinking about philosophical daily questions, etc...

“Live Righteously and Love Everyone”

This quote stuck in my mind when I picked it up from the tea bag a few month back. I love drinking tea, especially when it is 10am and 3pm. These are the moments I will recharge myself for the next hours.

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According to The Merriam Webster Dictionary, Righteously means:

1: acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin

2a: morally right or justifiable a righteous decision

b: arising from an outraged sense of justice or morality righteous indignation

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So, when you do the things right, and you love everyone, then you live a fulfilled life.

I remember the moment when my classmates tried to buy me clothes to be their friends and manipulate me. I didn’t buy their try to manipulate me. I firmly said no to them. In my view this was the right thing to do.

When I was a little kid, I have been abused, at that time, I didn’t know it was wrong. People used me for my innocent. Now I use these events of my life to inform you about it and teach you my lessons. Teaching you — to me — the right thing to do.

When I make music — which I love deeply — and give concerts, I believe it will help you with your healing process from whatever that might be. That is — to me — the right thing to do. Helping others healing, as it also helps healing me to process all the events I have been trough.

When I write, my duty is to express my feelings and teach you my experiences of life; how I handles being bullied, how I handles being sexually abused, how I handled being manipulated and gaslit. It is that I want all these sh*t out of the world.

It is right to love your child unconditionally when it is in the hospital for whatever reason, it is right to love your mother who has dementia and needs the treatment that fits her and the family, these are the things you think about that you think is right for the loved ones. You think what is right for your child, mother, or who ever is ill.

Thinking about what is righteously gives you the possibility to love one another, to be love by others, and therefore we love each other more. It is also the respect we have for each other.

What happens when you love one another, even you don’t know the other person you’re interacting with? Do you feel the difference when you don’t to that man sitting across you in the train and when you interact with that man in the train? I do feel the difference.

This week, I had a long walk — from station Veenendaal-West to station Maarn (in The Netherlands) — and I said to every passing person “Happy New Year”. I have been taught to do so, as it is very nice to say these sort of things, even when you don’t know these person. Innerly, I felt incredible amazing, even when I felt sad about an issue I had to solve (personally).

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I love tea very much; I drink it every day. I think about two or three full mugs every hour. Every time I make a new teapot, I find a tea bag with a quote. I love those quotes. These quotes inspire me to live a better life. These quotes remind me of things in life — my life — to make sure I think about events that had happened. Also, how I can change the future.

Sometimes, it is just fun to read those quotes. These quotes make me think of the actual meaning behind them. So, my pot full of quotes gives me another job during the day. No, I will do a few per day. Then I will have my thoughts about it. I love to do that.

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About the writer

Agnes Laurens is a writer. She writes for the local newspaper. Agnes lives in The Netherlands, with her husband and three daughters. You can find her on Vocal, Medium, Elephant Journal, HubPages, Music List. Writing is — aside from playing the violin — one of her passions since childhood. She is on Twitter and Instagram. You can subscribe to my mailing list, and you can subscribe to my Thoughts. Check out her books. She has an online web store, andhttps://agnes-store-6.creator-spring.com/ she has a merchandise store. If you want to be informed about my online store and my merch, please follow this link.