your Inner Saint … ( 02 / 29 / 2012 )
your Inner Saint … ( 02 / 29 / 2012 )
IF …. If you can be cheerful , ignoring aches and pains & can resist complaining , If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy & can take criticism and blame without resentment , If you can avoid correcting another ’ s limited knowledge & can resist treating a rich person better than a poor one , If you can face the world without lies and deceit , If you can relax without the aid of liquor & can sleep without the aid of drugs , If you can honestly say that deep in your heart you have no prejudice against creed , color , religion , gender preference , or politics … then and only then you have almost reached the same level of spiritual development … AS YOUR DOG .
So many times over the course of the past seven years , I have had people come up to me after one of my presentations about “ radical Kindness ” and say something like , “ Unconditional Love sounds great , but I can ’ t live my life like Jesus all the time .” … Well , sheesh — me neither !
Fortunately for us all , it is completely unnecessary to be as Kind as Jesus or as Loving as your dog all the time . It is only necessary to be that Kind & Loving for one instant — this instant … No one living in fleshly form can be “ perfect ” for any significant length of time , and yet it is not difficult at all for any of us to do so for a single moment . As such , to live a life filled with Meaning & Power , all that remains is to simply make that insanely easy , selfless choice – and then repeat the same as often as you wish during any given day .
So , to repeat : Being saintly over the course of a day : — admittedly impossible … Being a Saint for one second : — extremely easy .
But don ’ t take my word for it — Give it a try and SEE for yourSelf !
Remember : LOVE is a verb … So , got LOVE ?
“ Dear Lord , today let me be the kind of person my dog thinks I am .” ~ unknown
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