Monday, June 18,
2012
Today's
Gift
The greatest gift we can give
another person is the gift of ourselves. - Liane
Cordes
When we can share our deepest convictions and failures,
our ideals and disillusionments, our hopes and frustrations, our dreams and
despairs, our answers and our questions – then we are loving our neighbors as
ourselves as well as "loving our enemies."
A friend put it this way, "If I share the whole of me
with you, I share the good as well as the bad. I don't hide anything of myself
from you, not in a deep friendship, or a deep marriage for that matter. By
sharing some things I hate about myself, I'm loving my inside enemy. I'm telling
you I'm still human and have a lot of growing to do. I'd love to tell you about
all my good points, it would make me feel a lot better, but it wouldn't be
sharing all of me with you."
TODAY I will concentrate on sharing my insides and
outsides with another; I will listen to myself as I talk. I will not be
satisfied if I sit on my laurels or wallow in my woes. I will improve myself by
becoming aware of how I communicate to others.
From the book The Reflecting Pond by Liane Cordes
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What a lovely piece and it is so true. Could not have said it any better and it relates across all lifestyles.
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