Yesterday, I was talking with a friend who was deep into self-pity, of which there is no more sincere feeling...and she was deeply sincere.
My suggestion to her was that she change her mind about the way she was looking at that which was hurting her. That suggestion was met with more sincerity, only this time it was sincere resistance. So we talked. Turned the situation this way and that, and she finally understood the concept.
Her response: "But then there'd be no issue at all!" [Note the "But," the ego's hidey-hole for "No."] She understood the concept, she just didn't agree with it.
For the concept is, as Chief Joseph so eloquently put it, "I will fight no more forever." As is just as eloquently stated elsewhere, "We have ceased fighting anything or anyone," and "Agree with your adversary quickly." Not to mention, "Acceptance is the answer to all our problems."
I can surely understand my friend's resistance...all those words sound good when we're applying them to someone else's self-centered fear. But ours is real, cries our ego.
It is only by giving up the siren song of our ego that we can honestly turn to God and toss in with whatever he has in mind...knock yourself out, God, you got the power. That's my favorite reminder to me that, whether I agree or not, God is in charge of my heart, my soul, my body, my brains, my bones, my blood,,,me. And I am grateful.
Thank you.
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