More than anything else on this journey the one thing I have come to realize most is that when the need to defend against someone or something arises,it's time for me, once again, to take a step back and take a good look at myself.
To try to defend against What Is is futile and says way more about me than the other person. Everyone is just being who they are, in that moment, and anything less than total acceptance of that only creates suffering by wanting things to be different.
Freedom only comes by fully accepting everything and everyone, right as they are, in this moment with no expectations. The only person I ever have control over is myself and what I don't want to accept in another is merely an aspect of my own being I may have kept out of my awareness and is now time to embrace and integrate,
When I can really look and accept every human being just as they are I give myself the gift of just being able to love, with no hidden ego agenda, and I really get to see the bunch of wonderful quirky characters that make up this world I live in. The drama becomes something I no longer feel a need to participate in but can often elicit a smile when I can hold on to the realization that it's all just a story...there are still moments when I'm a slow learner :)
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