The other day I woke up wanting to embrace the world and to love it as it is. It is quite strange since for a long period I have been having a succession of "gray days", that just to get through one day was already a triumph for me.
Anyway, it just suddenly entered my mind that I am surrounded by kindness everywhere. At table, during meals, I am in the company of my sisters who try their best to make our short time together energizing. It's not that I have a whole company of loquacious people, but I feel that each one tries to give the best of herself to be of good company to the others.
One afternoon I almost had a misunderstanding with a person, not out of malice but because of a miscommunication, and the other sister just enters the picture trying to lighten the situation and saying that I was actually there to say thank you and to greet them.
I have another sister who is very attentive and who manages to uplift my spirits with just a greeting or a few words.
And I can go on and on and on.
Living in community is certainly not easy. We are all so different. Even a common project couldn't prevent misunderstandings since each one has a unique personality and so understands things in a different way.
But I need to remember that each one is just like me, a pilgrim trying to make sense of life, with its ups and downs. Learning to forgive, myself and others, will make me more open to kindness that is everywhere.
Anyway, it just suddenly entered my mind that I am surrounded by kindness everywhere. At table, during meals, I am in the company of my sisters who try their best to make our short time together energizing. It's not that I have a whole company of loquacious people, but I feel that each one tries to give the best of herself to be of good company to the others.
One afternoon I almost had a misunderstanding with a person, not out of malice but because of a miscommunication, and the other sister just enters the picture trying to lighten the situation and saying that I was actually there to say thank you and to greet them.
I have another sister who is very attentive and who manages to uplift my spirits with just a greeting or a few words.
And I can go on and on and on.
Living in community is certainly not easy. We are all so different. Even a common project couldn't prevent misunderstandings since each one has a unique personality and so understands things in a different way.
But I need to remember that each one is just like me, a pilgrim trying to make sense of life, with its ups and downs. Learning to forgive, myself and others, will make me more open to kindness that is everywhere.
Kindness is everywhere indeed!
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