A man arrives in heaven and he is shown into God's office for judgment. One wall of the office is a picture window looking down on Earth. The Earth is beautiful with its blue waters, green forests, and white clouds. There is a pair of eyeglasses on the table. He says to himself, "Hmm, these must be God's glasses." He looked around and didn't see anyone so he put on God's glasses. He tries them on and looks at Earth again. Now he sees hunger, poverty, and sickness. There is so much inhumanity he can't bear it.
He hears a voice behind him. "Take off my glasses." He does so quickly and waits for his punishment. After a pause a voice gently asked, "What did you see?" "I saw hate, corruption, and evil." God said, "Did you feel any love or compassion." "None," the man said. "I would destroy the whole planet without any hesitation or regret." God said. "That is why you can't use my glasses. You may not see what I see unless you feel what I feel."
We have opportunities each and every day to see
inhumanity, hunger, poverty, meanness, and resentment. We can see it in our lives, in the lives of the people we know and love, and on the news. But we have a choice to wear different glasses.
He hears a voice behind him. "Take off my glasses." He does so quickly and waits for his punishment. After a pause a voice gently asked, "What did you see?" "I saw hate, corruption, and evil." God said, "Did you feel any love or compassion." "None," the man said. "I would destroy the whole planet without any hesitation or regret." God said. "That is why you can't use my glasses. You may not see what I see unless you feel what I feel."
We have opportunities each and every day to see
inhumanity, hunger, poverty, meanness, and resentment. We can see it in our lives, in the lives of the people we know and love, and on the news. But we have a choice to wear different glasses.
What resentments are we hanging onto? What regrets do we play over and over again? What secrets do we protect? What part of ourselves do we hide and not let anyone see? What sort of shame are we carrying around? What situations cause us to react and what pushes our buttons? In other words, what glasses are we wearing?
Are we wearing the glasses that allow us to see guilt and shame and resentment and envy and jealousy and righteous indignation and disrespect? If so, we need to take off those glasses and get one with a better prescription. And the best part? No need to make an appointment with the optometrist!
Are we wearing the glasses that allow us to see guilt and shame and resentment and envy and jealousy and righteous indignation and disrespect? If so, we need to take off those glasses and get one with a better prescription. And the best part? No need to make an appointment with the optometrist!
And the eye chart with the right glasses reads, "I am awesome!"
Wisdom from Ernest Holmes
Love is the principle of Life, for it is the nature of everything to give. Only the one who loves so much that there is no longer any room for hate will ever arrive at the place where, if there may be hate, he will never know it. We are afraid of greatness because we are so tied down to littleness. We clutch the littleness anxiously and jealously, but so precariously, to our hearts. It is essential to see beyond the littleness to something bigger. None of us is as perfect in expression as we ought to be. So the challenge to each of us is to be great enough to rise in love, in charity, through understanding and compassion. Love is the lodestone of life. ~ 365 Science of Mind
About Janet
Janet Kingsley, founder and spiritual leader of Center for Positive Living Sedona has been opening hearts and minds to infinite possibilities since 1998. Through articles, classes, and coaching she opens the heart, intrigues the mind, and feeds the spirit.
Janet is also a "Possibility Coach" and master energy healer. Focusing on helping people love their body, love themselves, and love their life, she is creating a movement and changing the world...one person at a time.
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