3. I had kind of an interesting insight yesterday. I think I've mentioned before that I've struggled with forgiveness of my mom ...just had the feeling that some things "shouldn't" happen. Well, I realized yesterday that I've been carrying around this misperception -- the notion that people who LOVE you don't do certain things...and therefore, since certain things have happened, I must be without love in my life. I think it kind of comes down to feeling as though I need to be perfect (because I AM holding myself to the same criteria) and that others need to be perfect and that if we're NOT then our love is flawed.
BUT...people who love each other DO make mistakes. I HAVE hurt others who are important to me...those I love...and I have been hurt by those who love me...opening myself up to the reality that mistakes and missteps and flaws ARE part of the love experience unblocks me, I think. It allows me to see that forgiveness is not only possible but necessary -- not just for others but also for myself.
It seemed clearer when I had the epiphany yesterday
Anyway...the net is that I realized yesterday that I've been discounting the LOVE in my life based on some misperceptions about the need for PERFECTION in my actions and those around me.
Realizing that seems liberating to me.
Sage
Oh, Sage. That was exactly the thought I needed today. What a great epiphany to come out of your inner struggles over the past couple weeks! Thank you for sharing that with us. Myrrh
One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life.
