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Today's
Meditation:
I
believe that far too often, we see "grace" as just
a religious word. Grace can be a huge part of our
lives if we allow it to be so, religion
notwithstanding. My wife shows me grace when I make a
mistake and she doesn't make me suffer for it; my students show
me grace when I do something I shouldn't do and they forgive
me for it. We're constantly shown grace by other
people who forgive us for silly things that we've done,
without causing us undue stress because of problems that
we've caused or errors in judgment.
And
if we choose to do so, we can spread grace ourselves by not
making others in our lives suffer unduly for errors or
omissions, and by not holding our forgiveness over their
heads.
Are
you a graceful person? Could you be? I would
like very much to relate to other people without the specter
of my judgment hanging over our relationship. I would
like for them to feel my love, not my anger; my compassion,
not my judgment. Grace is a product of love and
compassion, and the more of both that we share with others,
the more grace we're going to see and feel in our lives.
Grace
does exist, but very often we push it down into the depths
of our lives and neglect to share it with others. If
we truly want to be loving human beings, though, we need to
find ways to allow ourselves to share grace with others--
unconditionally and lovingly.
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