Life is NOT Black and White and that is a good thing! (Now...no laughing if you are someone who already knew this lesson.)
I know when I look out in the world there are amazing colors. But I have developed a bad habit of turning the color off when I can't see past myself.
My friend explained that for part of her life... things were good or bad and the two could not exist at the same time. If someone was her friend, they were her friend. But if they hurt her they were her enemy. There wasn't a consideration of personal perception, or the allowance of a person being in progress. Just the raw emotion of being hurt...and her understanding "I can't be loved , but have someone dislike my behavior at the same time."
How many of us do this?
How many of us do not know how to be in progress or let others be in progress...
I tend to bit a bit of a perfectionist. Because of this I do not truly appreciate my growth. I want to be patient---all the time. I want to be courageous---all the time. I never want to let anyone down...and when I fail at one of these things, I forget all of the times I have been patient, or courageous or available...I am in progress.
Funny thing is... I encourage others to be in progress and love helping and watching people grow.
I have another friend who is so wonderfully confident in her path. She has wisdom and knowledge and her goal for life is to help others reach their full potential...then she has to deal with me, who is in progress...who is seeking wisdom, who is seeking knowledge but who isn't as confident...YET and she encourages me to keeping improving. She doesn't let me stand in my own way.
...And we both are learning because of the process ;0)
She doesn't let me turn off the colors!
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