It happened again the other day but I watched it happen, within me, without warning. The correction came from outside me, the reaction within me was clear and immediate, “it wasn’t me, who can and should be blamed”.
So as I watched this inner reaction coming up, I simply said, “I’ll take a look and see what I can do to fix it.” Thankfully, I noticed my inner-over-reaction and my inner desire to not be at fault.
I share this story as a reminder of our humanness, our desire to overcome it, and what I’m coming to accept. We continue to wake up each day, hoping to be ‘better’ and yet, we’re still human. Turns out, it’s okay. We don’t have to turn everything into a self improvement process.
I’m not suggesting we don’t try to be better.
Rather, I’m suggesting that our desire to be better is both endearing and often, mis-informed by our view of our own history and our aspirational view of who we might become someday. We must take into account our humanness, and thus our vulnerability and neediness to ensure we can be kind to ourselves on the journey.
It may well be the toughest thing we do in life to accept what we are, warts and all. But as we do, as I do, it seems, Love is emerging and guiding in some amazing ways.
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