It is said that fear is an evil ally; ah, but fear is a powerful motivator, too. We think fear is an ally when we attempt to use it against another...which is a no-win situation. It is our motivator, our golden goose, when it directs us toward God...a win-win situation.
It's hard to come up with anything but fear that turns head, heart and actions toward God more quickly. The turning, of course, is ever inward for Who, What, When, Where that we see as the problem is not. Our nemesis lives within.
It is an oft-quoted spiritual axiom that whenever we are upset, no matter what the cause, there is something wrong with us.
We cannot find what that something wrong with us is by focusing out there...we must needs look inward. There we will find...eventually, the time it takes depending entirely upon our willingness to look and keep looking...our very own nemesis. With our name on it.
Simply put, we look inward to discover what it is we have attached to that we must hug, kiss on the lips and let go. It is tamed by our accepting our defect, specifically our attachment to it, thus taking responsibility away from the other in order to own it, as it were. Incongruously (or, best) through love and laughter.
Thank you.
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