The Desert Fathers and Mothers understood detachment as the practice of letting go of everything that draws us away from God....Concern for reputation was discarded. -- Fr Richard's Daily Meditation, April 25, 2023
Reputation. There...the root of our angst. What did I look like? What did I sound like? What did s/he/they think of me when I whateverwhateverwhatever?
Until we inner know Self acceptance, self-acceptance is going to be based on concern for others' opinions about us...or more honestly our interpretation of others' opinions about us.
The mare's nest is in our misdirected focus...out rather than in.
Hard lesson to learn...then to remember...others' opinions...good or not so good...are of no matter to us. The answer to all life's problems is within, in our heart, our Soul. It is not reachable by thought alone.
The answer, then, is self-acceptance. Transmuted. From self to Self.
Acceptance of Self encompasses others...all others. No longer is there angst because Sally said or Billy did or Mom never or, or, or. There is only the quietude of God's love...calm exhilaration...with the occasional speed bump of humility.
Thank you.
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