When one you love is dealing with a life lesson, you will know it. Will you let it affect you? Most likely, for you are with them for the growth that results through relationship. The way you react is part of their lesson, not to mention yours. Do you give them reason to stick to their story or do you take the power out of their story by simply being the presence of Love and allowing them to feel the love that may be lacking from their story? People act out of fear, with anger, and use any number of other tactics as they try to find their way Home. Model that homey place, that state of fullness, why don’t you, just as you would for any child who is lost.
You are so very loved.
A good description of the difference between reacting and responding: the former based on fear, anger and the likes, the latter based on love. I just wish I could see more responding than reacting.
Thank you for this. I really needed this message of wisdom today. Thank you
We sure dont have any trouble imagining how one models that homey place… …just like we can find it easy to feel the vastness of our love for God, the creator of wonderful worlds upon worlds. So why is so difficult to give 100% in place of the digressed amounts that vary and flutter at the huge expense of Love unexpressed. Why? Is unexpressed Love so attractive that we will gladly lean into those steps? No – that cant be “it”. But why then? Why do we accept our weaknesses far easier than our strengths? Why do we look upon those stagnant periods, as necessary? Why do we waste so much Living and Loving? Why? These things that dont seem to be good for us – yet here they are, even though we know better than to uphold in our lives that which is not good for our individual as well as our collective journeys. But somehow – we will, and we do… these things that dont seem to be good for us.
We are a strange lot (even to ourselves) that way ya know. Caaaaaw, strange is an understatement