"The other" is our own mental picture of what or whom we are resisting at the moment....could be a person or a habit or even a memory.
New way of thinking: No matter the perceived problem, the solution begins with thank you.
Recalling the spiritual lesson what you see is always yourself, we slowly learn for the benefit of the other can only come through gutbucket acceptance...of our own self. Which is a whole new trip.
Many of us seek self-acceptance through self-flagellation. That's akin to trying to stay out of trouble with our creditors by robbing banks...uh-oh.
Self-acceptance comes by way of the very warts we try so hard to erase, delete...hide.
The warts we try so hard to hide is the trick pony...that keeps them mentally front and center. Resistance nurtures that which we resist.
Warts...hug them and kiss them and let them go. And no, there's not a chance we will ever fully understand the exact how of it...that's how faith is born and trust grows.
It is the very welcoming, not resisting, that opens us to God's will, God's way.
Thank you.
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