~SPIRITUAL NOT RELIGIOUS~ A DAY AT A TIME
11/21 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY
Adversity introduces man to himself, a poet once said. For me, the same is true of even imagined adversity. If I expect another person to react in a certain way in a given situation -- and he or she fails to meet my expectation -- well, then I hardly have the right to be disappointed or angry. Yet I occasionally still experience feelings of frustration when people don't act or react as I think they should. Through such imagined -- or, better yet, self-inflicted -- adversity, I come face to face again with my old self -- the one who wanted to run the whole show. IS IT TIME FOR ME TO FINALLY STOP EXPECTING AND TO START ACCEPTING?
TODAY I PRAY
May I stop putting words in people's mouths, programming them -- in my own mind -- to react as I expect them to. Expectations have fooled me before: I expected unbounded love and protection from those close to me, perfection from myself, undivided attention from casual acquaintances. On the adverse side, I expected failure from myself, and rejection from others. May I stop borrowing trouble -- or triumph either -- from the future.
TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Accept. Don't expect.
Adversity introduces man to himself, a poet once said. For me, the same is true of even imagined adversity. If I expect another person to react in a certain way in a given situation -- and he or she fails to meet my expectation -- well, then I hardly have the right to be disappointed or angry. Yet I occasionally still experience feelings of frustration when people don't act or react as I think they should. Through such imagined -- or, better yet, self-inflicted -- adversity, I come face to face again with my old self -- the one who wanted to run the whole show. IS IT TIME FOR ME TO FINALLY STOP EXPECTING AND TO START ACCEPTING?
TODAY I PRAY
May I stop putting words in people's mouths, programming them -- in my own mind -- to react as I expect them to. Expectations have fooled me before: I expected unbounded love and protection from those close to me, perfection from myself, undivided attention from casual acquaintances. On the adverse side, I expected failure from myself, and rejection from others. May I stop borrowing trouble -- or triumph either -- from the future.
TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Accept. Don't expect.
It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end. ~Ursula K. LeGuin
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