Blinding flash of the obvious: My gift is in letting any perceived non-friend see me just as s/he sees me and not resist by bad-mouthing her/him either to others or in my own mind.
This gift was given me before conception, always there within me. How, when, where I choose to unwrap this gift and use it in my daily life is entirely up to me.
An extension of the gift is the realization that I cannot use it with my reasoning mind since my reasoning mind always legislates for itself (me). The gift legislates for others. Thus the tug-of-war called life.
It is my job to give over to others, all others, because God has my back. I give over to others by my understanding unto acceptance of the other...which requires my following certain spiritual principles, all of which are about ego reduction at depth. My living those principles opens my heart and soul, my body and brain for understanding, i.e., love, to be returned to me.
The prayer of St. Francis says this much more succinctly and clearly, but we have to make these principles our own before we can walk them...according to me.
Thank you.
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