then I cannot imagine what potential we are capable of if we just step into the moments and occasions of joy and fill our spirits with the “good things in life- our “blessings”!
This is an extension of what I was talking about in my blog yesterday. People succumbing to the voices of negativity, despair, and fear, is what we have to steer our attention from. It is coming at us from all directions. I was rolling through my twitter account and ran into this, so I figure the discussion needed reinforcing. I don’t usually respond to people’s tweets, but this caught my eye-
“I hate to be the one to break this bad news, but guys, things are never going to return to “normal” and neither are you. Plan according.”
It is remarks like this that set people up for anxiety, fear and apprehension about living life fully with gusto and excitement. I don’t know what people get out of carrying words and ideas that impact people negatively. I figure that they have experienced things in their own lives that have caused them so much pain and discomfort, that they live in their “pain bodies”, and don’t know any other way to change their perspective on life. Perhaps I need to see things from their point of view to understand what I can do to be more compassionate, instead of disturbed and annoyed by their unleashing and inflicting their pain on other people. I want to think of another way to respond. I have to think of a way to approach negative comments with a new lens. The idea of trying to be sensitive towards what makes a person say and do the things that can negatively affect other people, can be challenging. I don’t think a retaliation position or defense position will resolve anything, much less making space for the person in their pain body to move towards healing and freedom.
As a member of our collective humanity, I know that we must leave judgment out of our protocol for responding to each other. The best thing for us to do is to be patient and compassionate for those that are steeped in an outlook on life that is void of seeing it as being full of potential and unlimited possibilities. “Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing”, 1 Thessalonians 5:11. This I feel is a more loving and supportive way of responding and engaging with one another. I choose to lift people’s spirit and share my lens if it can bring about comfort and healing. It really doesn’t take much to be respectful and compassionate towards each other. In doing so you not only positively impact the people you are engaging with, living in that essence of respect and compassion for others, positively impacts the quality of your life as well. Well, I guess this means I have to be even more cognizant on how I am responding to people! How about you?
