Accept only love

Accept only loving thoughts in others

and regard everything else as an appeal for help

                                                Gifts from the Course In Miracles,  Vaughn & Walsh

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that person

hurt me

that person

is against me

that person

is lying about me

that person

is being unfair to me

so we sometimes walk through our day

interpreting the actions of others

as malicious and spiteful

as behaviors designed to hurt, wound

and offend

and we respond

often in kind

Oh for “magic eyes”

for “Jesus eyes”

so that I can see into the dark place

into that deep place

where hurts and fears are born and nurtured

so that I can understand

the cry of their hearts

and respond

not from my own place of hurt and fear

but from that place of

compassion and grace

from that place within me

where God dwells

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For in him (God) we live and move and have our being

Acts 17 (Paul on Mars Hill)