Respond with Love - 2

The mind is truly a fascinating thing. Have you ever noticed how easy it is to fool yourself into thinking that you are okay until something is painful. I watch highly intelligent people not realize that they are caught in a loop of judgement of self and others, of self deprecating habits, and of not believing in themselves.

I am suggesting that we – the world of conscious individuals use Respond with Love as a rallying cry to all of life, but it must begin with us. I have worked with some clients for years, or have had students take many, many classes and years later they are still in a loop of self-doubt and self-denigrating language as they give away too much power to the internal gremlins that eat away at their self-confidence and self-love.

You were not created to suffer or to walk around with all that internal dialog that eats at your essence. We must STOP. You must STOP. We must stop this for ourselves but of course we want to stop this behavior with others also.

There is a habit that many humans have where, when they disagree with someone, they make the wrongful assessment that they are against each other instead of simply not being in agreement. If we are going to be the place where love resides and model the possibility of peace in our country and on our planet, we need to cease seeing the world as us vs. them.

To Respond with Love calls for us to suspend our limiting opinions about others, to remain curious, and to manage our expectations so we are not constantly disappointed in others or ourselves for that matter. We must take action through acceptance, compassion, and ceaseless mindful prayer.

Let’s remember the path to change and transformation is through our conscious efforts of self-acceptance. If you can do nothing else at this time – begin with being gentler, more loving, and accepting of yourself and move on from there.

I am choosing to Respond with Love, I hope you do too.