Sunday, March 3, 2024

MY 'LESS THANS' ARE MY LESSONS

My morning blinding flash of the obvious: My 'less thans' are my lessons...my lessons are my blessings.

As I have learned, experienced and accepted, my life gifts nearly always come to me looking less than. Today, that realization is my pearl beyond price. 

When a less than comes calling, after a time of recalcitrant resistance, thank you just follows, and I am freed to do the next thing that comes to mind.

When I am first removed from the snafu, my mind is cleared to journal or text a friend or read, whatever. But on a deeper plane higher than when I was resistant.

 As I look back, I see again that my spiritual growth has been largely counterintuitive...that invites in my favorite Bible verse, Resist not evil.

Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh in re mindfulness: Embrace your anger with a lot of tenderness. 

Thank you.

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