Today, also know that real love requires that we slow down, really listen to others with an open heart, and not try to ease our own worry by attempting to fix other people's problems in a rushed and perfunctory way. Instead, be present with others and know they need your companionship, your love, your well-wishing, your empathy, your trust in them more than they need your problem-solving.
In Anne Lamott's book Hallelujah Anyway, she shares a quote from her friend Mark Yaconelli, from a letter he wrote to Lamott's Sunday School class: "Anything that leaves you more fearful, more isolated, more disconnected from other people, more full of judgment or self-hatred, is not of God, does not follow the Rule of Love - and you should stop doing it."
Today, also know that real love requires that we slow down, really listen to others with an open heart, and not try to ease our own worry by attempting to fix other people's problems in a rushed and perfunctory way. Instead, be present with others and know they need your companionship, your love, your well-wishing, your empathy, your trust in them more than they need your problem-solving.
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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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