Loving “the Other”
April theme — Giant Gentleness Week 2 — Loving “the Other”
Affirmation: I move beyond judgment and embrace active compassion.
We are reflections of each other. As we cultivate gentleness for ourselves, we begin to recognize Love as the others in our lives.
This week Rev. Rainbow reminded us that sometimes people show up in ways we don’t expect. People are going to people. That’s when everything gets messy, right? We want to blame others for things going wrong, when in fact, it’s our judgments of others that get in the way. As you apply gentleness to your interactions with others, you can truly allow them to be their gentle selves. And from that place you can both make clearer decisions for your own lives.
“Compassion and caring are the ties that bind us together in mutual understanding and in the unified attempt to uncover the Divinity in each other. Compassion is the most gentle of all human virtues, for it is the outpouring of the Divine givingness through all.” ~ Ernest Holmes – A Holmes Reader on Practical Wisdom, p 61
“Love is kind, gentle, and understanding. It is tolerant of others and reaches back through indifference and coldness to life, to something warm and pulsating that is at the very center of everything.” ~ Ernest Holmes – Science of Mind Magazine (Oct 1993), p 17
“None of us is as perfect in expression as we ought to be. So the challenge to each of us is to be great enough to rise in love, in charity, through understanding and compassion.” ~ Ernest Holmes – 365 Science of Mind, p 61
AHA moments from members:
Often our reactions and judgements of others are a mirror, reflecting the inner work we need to do.
Get curious about what triggers those feelings and judgements.
The more we love and accept ourselves, the more love shows up in our relationships
