Through the Eyes of Love
Are there people in your life that you just don't like? Or maybe even can't stand, or dare I say despise? It is easy to make this about them and justify all the reasons why this person is bad or not likable. But that doesn't serve us, does it? Or them.
There are a couple of people in my life, who I don't know well, but who I can't look in the eye. I even have trouble being in the same room with them. I feel wronged by their behavior towards me and I feel justified in my resentment. There, I said it. But guess what? I don't feel good. My stomach hurts, my back is tight and I go over what happened in my head a lot. Resentment hurts me, not them. So rather than work towards being right, and I am praying for grace. I am asking God to help me see these people through God's eyes. They are created and born from Love. These two people are not separate from me. We come from the same Source, whether I like it or not. I have gone astray in my thinking..I have lost my way.
So I have made a commitment. Each day, I head to the yoga center. And each time I set my intention, I devote my sweaty and sometimes difficult practice to them. I bow my head and let my practice be a prayer for their well-being. And when I feel resentful, or justified, I ask God for help to see them through eyes of the Love.
I do feel my resentment melting away a bit. It is impossible to invite this Love into my heart and be a victim to others. It is simply impossible. I do not want to be a victim to the world outside of me. Blaming them and justifying my hate leaves me living in an illusion. I am not here to live in an illusion, I am here to live in Love. So next time someone bugs you or hurts you, ask to see them through eyes of Love. I wonder what might happen if we do.
Thank you, Jenny, for bringing this message to me twice today. I have held it closely - examined it - many times throughout the day. I needed to have this idea brought to my awareness this morning, as I continue to focus on holding a space for me in the midst of chaos and resentment...beautiful!
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