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More loving, more honest with each other every day.
Would that change the world? I think it will, because Mother Earth wants us to be happy and to
Love her as we tend her needs. She needs fearless people on her side, whose courage comes from
Being part of her, like a baby who is brave enough to walk because Mother is holding out her
Arms to catch him. When that one in the mirror is full of love for me and for him, there is no
Room for fear. When we were afraid and panicky, we stopped loving this life of ours and this
earth. We disconnected. Yet how can anybody rush to help the earth if they feel disconnected?
Perhaps the earth is telling us what she wants, and by not listening, we fall back on our own fear
And panic.
One thing I know: I never feel alone when I am earth's child. I do not have to cling to my personal
Survival as long as I realize, day by day, that all of life is in me. The children and their pain; the
Children and their joy. The ocean swelling under the sun; the ocean weeping with black oil. The
Animals hunted in fear; the animals bursting with the sheer joy of being alive.
This sense of "the world in me" is how I always want to feel. That one in the mirror has his doubts
sometimes. So I am tender with him. Every morning I touch the mirror and whisper, "Oh, friend, I
hear a dance. Will you be my partner? Come."
Trust
As I was feeding squirrels in the park, I noticed a small one that didn't seem to trust me. While the
Others came close enough to eat out of my hand, he kept his distance. I threw a peanut his way. He
Edged up, grabbed it nervously, and ran off. Next time he must have felt less afraid, because he
Came a little closer. The safer he felt, the more he trusted me. Finally he sat right at my feet, as bold
As any squirrel clamoring for the next peanut.
Trust is like that -- it always seems to come down to trusting in yourself. Others can't overcome
fear for you; you have to do it on your own. It's hard, because fear and doubt hold on tight. We are
Afraid of being rejected, of being hurt once more. So we keep a safe distance. We think separating
ourselves from others will protect us, but that doesn't work, either. It leaves us feeling alone and
Unloved.
Trusting yourself begins by recognizing that it's okay to be afraid. Having fear is not the problem,
Because everyone feels anxious and insecure sometimes. The problem is not being honest enough
to admit your fear. Whenever I accept my own doubt and insecurity, I'm more open to other
People. The deeper I go into myself, the stronger I become, because I realize that my real self is
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