"Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love." After reading Don Miguel Ruiz's The Four Agreements, I reflected on this one statement (from Agreement 1) for awhile and realized how difficult keeping our words in love truly can be. Many of us re-act to situations in which we believe we've been wronged. When doing so, our words can come out attacking and hateful when we don't mean it. However, we've let those words loose; now what do we do? We ask for forgiveness from those whom we've harmed and then forgive ourselves and move forward; making an attempt to do our best in thinking about each of our next situations before engaging in negative behaviour.
We can't control how others think or act. When unexpected situations occur, all we can do is control our own reaction towards those things out of our control; whether it be what someone says to us or how we handle ourselves in poor traffic conditions. Every day life presents us with the opportunity to practice showing love with our words and behaviour. And the way I see it, I have a lot of days of practice ahead of me.
May you give and receive love in all you do.
Namaste,
WS
Transformation
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