Being merciful toward others is of course laudable, but what
of the mercy we fail to show to ourselves? Do you mentally (or worse, out loud)
chastise yourself when a mistake is made or when some negative or objectionable
thought floats through your mind? We all make mistakes and curious thoughts
float up in everyone’s consciousness, so we must put away the mental cat of
nine tails and always demonstrate mercy in our own house, our consciousness. God, Our
Father, wants all His children to be: happy, joyous and free. So we stop
berating ourselves and thank God for knowing Him better. We can then learn from
mistakes and address those curious negative thoughts that seem to appear from
nowhere by turning to Him in prayer, asking if there is anything to be learned
(sometimes there is, but not always, often a cloudy day is just a cloudy day)
and move on. Under no pretense do we engage in a mental hunt for the cause of
the discordant thought, attempting to root out the whys of it in our psyche. To
do so only opens us to the deadly trap of reflecting morbidly and in the lexicon
of the ancient mapmakers:
there be dragons. If there is something to
be known or learned, God will make it abundantly clear, so ask Him; but don’t
go looking for dragons, they bite.
© Vincent Lee Jones Living In Spirit
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#Chopra, #Jesus, #Einstein, #AA, McRaven,
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