That is not to say we don't commit to praying for others, to feeling the presence of Love in other's lives, and to helping wherever our help can do some genuine good - but we will not project hidden worries about ourselves onto other people - or use worry about others to distract ourselves from what needs attention in our own lives.
Sometimes, when we're obsessed with worry about someone else's problems, that is really a call to handle the very same issues in ourselves. Worried about some one else's addiction or self-destructive tendencies or low self-esteem or chaotic life or poor choices or health issues? Vow to examine those issues in yourself and live a life of integrity - a life in healthy relationship to yourself (your body, mind, career, dreams) and to others. As members of Alcoholics Anonymous sometimes say, "Keep on your own side of the street clean."
That is not to say we don't commit to praying for others, to feeling the presence of Love in other's lives, and to helping wherever our help can do some genuine good - but we will not project hidden worries about ourselves onto other people - or use worry about others to distract ourselves from what needs attention in our own lives.
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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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