"It is a terrible burden to dislike people and to be critical. All it does is cover up a perpetual pain in our own heart. It is a whistling in the dark to keep up our own courage. How much easier it is to love people, to learn to forgive rather than to hold grudges. We should not go to bed at night until we have cleared our mind of every animosity. Love is the greatest healing agent on Earth for our body as well as for our affairs."
~ Ernest Holmes, 365 Science of Mind
Maybe next time someone is critical of us, we can recall this quote. Is it possible they are carrying their own pain, and "whistling in the dark" at us?
You may not want to read this part :-) but if people are coming across our path that are critical of us, there is a strong probability that it is simply a reflection of our own self-criticism. The Law of Attraction would say this is what's happening. We are always attracting what we are thinking.
Give a little whistle...
Sherry...your posts are always so insightful.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the reminder that the people in our lives are simply reflections of our self...reminders of the lessons we need to learn, and perhaps a reminder of the work yet to be done.
I will surely remember to whistle today!