I had an awakening recently about my golden rule (which is "try not to be as nasty as you want to be"). I'd always seen that as applying to those with whom I'm dealing at that moment or in a certain time period.
I find it is even more powerful when I apply it to my thoughts, specifically my thoughts about the one I may be dealing with in the present or, just as likely, the one from whom I'd long since moved away...my sophomore Latin teacher for instance.
Whomever I opt for, make book that he was wrong, I was right, and I shoulda said....
There. That's the exact point in time to think of the golden rule...to practice applying that rule in order to tame our thoughts. It matters not how long ago the hurt, it's not old if it's still showing up for this is the ego's playground, the place where Lucy renews herself.
Another BFO: To tame, not to fight...ah, there's the key. To tame means we get to learn how to be an ego-whisperer. The golden rule ever so gently leads us there. Resist nothing (out there)...tame all (in here).
The secret, of course, is: Self is powerless to tame self all on its own. We must seek help...God's help, and then let anything that comes to us be. Whether looking like a friend or acting like a foe...let it be. Let it be the help we need...and get grateful.
Thank you.
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