Willing

How willing are you to give what you want to get Dear Reader? Think on this: you feel love for another and at the same time, you resent them for not giving you what you crave. What do you do? What monologue plays out in your head or streams out of your mouth when no one is around? Should "they", the person you want from, give you this, show you that because you feel entitled to have what your heart desires? What about understanding? You have a point of view, it is on solid ground. This point of view makes sense, is logical and all you really need is for the other person to just SEE this and give in so that agreement can be established. Last of these examples. You are disappointed because what you wanted and what you got are two different things and there is some blame. There is a culprit and you have been insulted and overlooked. While no one is counting, this isn't the first time and there is little doubt that it will be the last. Do these scenarios feel and sound familiar? Which one is a recurrent theme in your life? Which one shows up often and with more than one person? Which one has become a way of being, an anticipated course of thought and action, repeated over and over again? How have you managed to keep this going Dear Reader? What have you been willing to do to maintain this status quo of yuck? Lets be clear. You play a role in the roles you play. Repeat performances can dull the senses and the question becomes, What would you like your outcome to be and what are you willing to do to ensure it happens? Here we are, with a decision to make. There is a noble way that calls us forth. It is an awareness that leads to rapture and it is this: Give what you want to receive. Love the one that doesn't love you. Understand those who cannot see or want to hear your point of view. Forgive the one you blame and take the responsibility of caring when it is the last thing you want to do. Wisdom speaks thusly: "Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love; For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; it is in dying that we are born again to eternal life." St Francis of Assisi. The noble way asks what can I do for you? How can I show you love, understanding, forgiveness? Be willing to give what you want to get, silently, sweetly, and without being self-seeking. Give love, give understanding, give forgiveness for the sake of the other and ultimately, for the edification of your soul.