Life is full ups and downs. When the 'downs' come, they can be very overwhelming that sometimes you get so frustrated you wan to throw in the towel. Good thing "throwing in the towel" is not the best solution that truly resolves an issue or challenge. Sometimes, when an issue arises you just have to "bury the hatchet" for peace within yourself and for the good of the situation. To bury the hatchet means to "end a quarrel or conflict and become friendly." OR "To make peace, to settle differences. The phrase comes from the practice among native American and Canadian tribes literally to bury a war axe at the end of hostilities." How are you doing on that front? I know it may not be easy, but it's definitely worth it!
Holding on to an issue does more harm that good to you and anyone else involved. You have a choice and a more positive approach to let go and move forward is best. Some people or situations will try you... but don't let them get the better of you. Make if your mission (and intention) to do right, and if that means you ought to "bury the hatchet" then by all means, please do. As you look (or think) back over your life (however long or short), do you recall all the things that you had to let go of? How does that make you feel? I hope you have a sense of growth and maturity knowing (and realizing) that by letting things go and making the decision to "bury the hatchet" when it was necessary, you have peace and joy.
Think about this for a minute: When you pass by a cemetery, there are only memories of lives but no one has just woken up from the dead on their own. When a miracle of being raised from the dead takes place, it's because there was some intervention that took place--someone stirred it up or petitioned and it was meant to be. In that case, a human life rising from the dead is nothing short of a miracle. YET... we all know that the cemetery is for what is dead and not living. No sane person goes back to dig up graves "just to see" what's there and if there's anyone alive, so when you "bury the hatchet" let it stay (and be) in the 'hatchet cemetery' for that's where it belongs.
Even the Word of God encourages us to settle for peace: "Then on the next day he (Moses) suddenly appeared to some who were quarreling and fighting among themselves, and he urged them to make peace and become reconciled, saying, Men, you are brethren; why do you abuse and wrong one another?" (Acts 7:26) Today, be the one who lets things go and don't go back to the 'hatchet cemetery' to open up wounds or issues that have been buried. Move forward and don't back track. You deserve the peace and joy that comes with "burying the hatchet" every time it is necessary--which I hope is always whenever you find yourself in a pickle that turns into a quarrel or conflict:) Settle for peace!
