We do not need to rely on our own will, effort, and skill to complete tasks, make positive change, or be of service to others. Feel Love successfully completing its own work and carrying you along for the ride.
Today, feel Love maintaining creation. Love brings ideas and activities to fruition with Her own strength, energy, movement, power . . . and wise timing.
We do not need to rely on our own will, effort, and skill to complete tasks, make positive change, or be of service to others. Feel Love successfully completing its own work and carrying you along for the ride.
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Fra Giovanni Giocondo, a priest during the Renaissance, wrote:
No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in it today. Take heaven! No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in this present little instant. Take peace! Today, actively notice the places and moments, big and small, where you can see or feel love, affection, humor, generosity, beauty, peace, order, tenderness, safety, stillness, trust, humility, growth. God is right there. As recorded in The Teaching of the Buddha, the Buddha says,
A true friend, the one with whom a person may safely associate, will always stick closely to the right way, will worry secretly about one's friend's welfare, will console the friend in misfortune, will offer him a helping hand when he needs it, will keep his secrets, and will always give him good advice. It is very difficult to find a friend like this, and, therefore, one should try very hard to be a friend like this. Today, feel the presence of Love with you, rejoicing in you, counteracting any feelings of shame that have eroded your confidence.
In his book Legacy of the Spirit, Wayne Muller writes,
"There is no sorrow in the universe that can extinguish your persistent luminosity. Your only work is to listen careful to where spirit lives in you, and go confidently in the direction of that certain inner grace. You are the light of the world. It is time to bring your love and courage to bear on the healing of the world. No one hurt you so badly that you cannot heal." In his book Legacy of the Heart, Wayne Muller writes,
"Growing up with a scarcity of love and care in our families, many of us are reluctant to be too generous or loving with ourselves. To be kind to ourselves seems self-centered and selfish . . . But love for others and love for ourselves is not mutually exclusive. . . . Loving kindness does not require that we decide who will be deprived; there is enough care available for everyone. . . .When we attend to ourselves with compassion and mercy, more healing is available for others. And when we serve others with a generous and open heart, great healing comes to us." Today, in the midst of the holidays, when some of us are so easily triggered by past memories and feelings of inadequacy, practice extreme kindness with yourself. Speak kind and soothing words to yourself. Move more slowly if you need to. Attend to needs of your body for rest, nourishment, and movement. Forgive yourself for errors big, small, and imagined. When your mind wants to busily judge you and reform your flaws, just hush soothing words over yourself. With others, also, err on the side of kindness.
Dear Faithful Readers and Subscribers.
You may notice that sometimes your email of my blog post doesn't have text or is half finished. The site I use to host the blog is having technical difficulties and often does not post my text or posts an earlier draft. They are working on fixing the problem. If you click on the title of the post, it should send you directly to the site, where you can see the finished version. Thanks for your patience. I hope this will be fixed soon! Thank you! Today, instead of only coming to Love with prayers, hopes, longings, goals, problems to solve, character issues to fix, even a dutiful list of gratitudes, just spend time in Love's presence. Feel yourself being cherished. Ask for nothing more than this precious time together in each other's company, appreciating one another, without agenda.
Today, don't fight your emotions. Notice them. Identify them. Don't judge yourself for them. Don't blame others for them. Don't fear them. Give them space and a bit of unconditional love, and they will soften, yield their wisdom, and wash through you.
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AuthorTarn Wilson is the author of the memoir The Slow Farm and numerous essays. You may read more of her work at tarnwilson.com. Archives
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