It is a constant state of irk that causes us to question why we don't live more at peace within/without our self. Especially since we have learned that God is the answer no matter the question. That's not a hard lesson to learn, it's not even a hard lesson to remember...what it is is the endless fight to detach from the ego-victory want to win...my way. Not for others, for me!
What is so frustrating is doing it right, getting over our own self, as in, showing forth courtesy when discourtesy comes our way...then two days, week, months later find our self chewing on the memory of it...mentally kicking him to the curb, slapping her down with a few intensely hurtful words. When we know full well there is no chance that is going to happen, nor would ever have happened. It is clearly an ego-victory fantasy.
In fact, what we need to be focusing on is what spiritual principle in God's toolbox (within us now) can we use to melt our resistance to our perceived problem. First we must recognize that our problem is not how we should act or react to Gertrude, but how to stop giving our ego-victory fantasies power, which is fancy talk for stop taking our self so seriously.
The answer is always the same...whether it is Gertrude or our ego...the answer is love and laughter. We get to hug 'em and kiss 'em and let 'em go.
We've probably heard of speaking truth to power...well, there is nothing more powerful in the walking-around world, I'm convinced, than our ego-victory wants. The only power greater than that is the Higher Power, i.e., God.
Seek God with all the love we can muster for our ego, for Gertrude, for our own self, and do it laughing because for sure he'll be...we just crack him up.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they will never cease to be amused.
Thank you.
What is so frustrating is doing it right, getting over our own self, as in, showing forth courtesy when discourtesy comes our way...then two days, week, months later find our self chewing on the memory of it...mentally kicking him to the curb, slapping her down with a few intensely hurtful words. When we know full well there is no chance that is going to happen, nor would ever have happened. It is clearly an ego-victory fantasy.
In fact, what we need to be focusing on is what spiritual principle in God's toolbox (within us now) can we use to melt our resistance to our perceived problem. First we must recognize that our problem is not how we should act or react to Gertrude, but how to stop giving our ego-victory fantasies power, which is fancy talk for stop taking our self so seriously.
The answer is always the same...whether it is Gertrude or our ego...the answer is love and laughter. We get to hug 'em and kiss 'em and let 'em go.
We've probably heard of speaking truth to power...well, there is nothing more powerful in the walking-around world, I'm convinced, than our ego-victory wants. The only power greater than that is the Higher Power, i.e., God.
Seek God with all the love we can muster for our ego, for Gertrude, for our own self, and do it laughing because for sure he'll be...we just crack him up.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they will never cease to be amused.
Thank you.
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