There is nothing that is not spiritual for those who have
learned how to see. - Fr. Richard Rohr
According to spiritual teaching, we must seek to be least.
That means, among other things, we must seek to be least in our cracked/broken
friendships. When our reasoning mind knows she is wrong, and we are right,
then, right then, we must consciously seek to put him first, to put her, in
every way, before us.
It is important, however, to not act immediately on that decision for that too often makes it a self-determined objective. We do not
yet know God's will for how this is to be perfected. It is in our realization that we must put
the other first that it is done...it is completed. The cosmic part comes next,
and we can only willingly wait on that. God's got the power, let Him use it.
We'll find little bitty baby steps following...thinking
blessings on him, speaking kindly of her, and most importantly disciplining our
mind to pull up every time our ego reminds us how right we really were and how
wrong s/he really was.
I'll own the fact that if I hadn't personally experienced the
miracle of doing this, I'd be very doubtful on reading about it. But I have
personally experienced the miracle. Briefly, in one instance, I made the decision to put him
first, let it perc for awhile, then called him. She was not available, and
then, that very night after not having seen her for months, I ran into her. All
the tension was gone, everything moved forward smoothly, and later we were able
to talk ego-free about the original problem. We've been good friends since.
God can and will if sought...and we get out of the way.
Thank you.
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