After all the seeming of our trying In an effort to make ourselves big and more important, more powerful more of whatever is more than what we have or what we are now We are still little people who are mortal. Every effort to compare and judge, each time we throw ourselves into competition with another, whatever we think we've won We are still little people who are mortal. When we objectify others, when we engage in war on them, when we rape, torture or kill We become even smaller, less significant and still very mortal. Want to know what makes us bigger? Basically Compassion and Insight are the tools that work best Compassion because it enlarges our Heart-Mind to include all other beings Insight because it grows our perception and understanding of how to be in relation with ourselves, all other beings and the Earth And that I believe is how we may change from always showing up as little people And sets us each on the path to become a Bigger Person though we still be mortal.
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We Are Little People
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How We Heal
Ever really notice how the body heals itself? A cut or bruise or broken bones over time will be made whole And even when the healing results in a body that feels less than whole and we sense the loss of what used to be We can choose to move forward This body knows what to do If we allow it And while we may complain about how long this healing takes We can also trust that it will somehow do the best it can So what I wonder is why we often fail to trust the healing of wounds to our heart Or the list of damages our mind holds onto sometimes year after year Why not trust our heart-mind to make us whole or move us forward toward a place of equanimity? But always and only if we allow it
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