“Imagine walking along a sidewalk with your arms full of groceries, and someone roughly bumps into you so that you fall and your groceries are strewn over the ground. As you rise up from the puddle of broken eggs and tomato juice, you are ready to shout out, “You idiot! What’s wrong with you? Are you blind?” But just before you can catch your breath to speak, you see that the person who bumped you is actually blind. He, too, is sprawled in the spilled groceries and your anger vanishes in an instant, to be replaced by sympathetic concern: “Are you hurt? Can I help you up?” From Alan Wallace
Are there times when you just want to blast someone for their thoughtlessness? Too often we go through our day without being conscious of what might be going on in another person’s life. It’s only when we take a breath and open our eyes do we clearly realize that the source of disharmony and misery in the world is our own unawareness to the circumstances around us. It's only when we stop looking at what’s wrong with people will we begin to get a glimpse of the truth that opens the doorway to compassion, wisdom and grace.
True we don’t have to tolerate the ignorance of others, but we don’t have to get sucked into it either. Begin to practice a new way of understanding and see how it impacts your sphere of influence.
Make a great day.
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