Sunday lessons

 

My Sunday prayer time lesson:

Never.

Never should you shrink to make others comfortable.

...to be accepted.

...to be heard.

...to be loved.

People always tell you how they feel about  you,

once you know... you know.

Those who when you are around them you are always saying, *sorry*.

Those who always seem too busy to stop and chat for a moment.

Those who edit your words to fit their narrative .

Those who ask of you but rarely offer.

The ones who never include you.

Who talk about others to you.

( meaning they will talk about you to others)

Who make you the scape goat.

These are just some of the characteristics of people

who may not value you.

You deserve folks whose faces light up when they see you.

Who genuinely take an interest in your day to day.

Who include you in invites.

Who will share their joys as well as their sorrows.

Who do not ask you to change who you are.

If all you have done in your life is react and respond to the energies of

others to make them feel better.... then it may be  you who I am talking about here.

Your time is as important as theirs, your value and worth is equal.

People who love you, just love you... there are no hidden agendas.

You exist. They love.

My mom & Grandmother were the best at this.

They always made you feel like you were the most important thing

when they were with you.... and you were.

I was so blessed to have had them in my life.

Though the thought of them living in todays world makes me sad.

They too would be harassed for their kindness and generosity.

I am sure someone would have a say about where

they shared their volunteer time or how they acted in situations.

Or, like me.... hated for just existing as I always have.

The world tells us to put folks into boxes.

Colleges have whole classes on it,

 then call people who put people in boxes names.

Students of higher education did not get smarter in some cases,

instead they were indoctrinated into what we now see as

cancel culture.

They have no idea that we once existed in a world 

without this atrocity that means to just divide us.

And those who did, who grew up accepting all others without being told 

.....some have jumped the fence to join the side that is  intolerant .

( calling out everyone who does not agree with them as intolerant -

you simply can not make this up)

The confusion lies in where we gather our own worth.

When you hear nonsense like this... and there is so much nonsense

out there right now, pushing back against it is hard.

But I have always seen it as a test.

Who passes are people who have been taught well by their

elders, who have a strong moral compass.

Who have humbled themselves.

Pushing back against it can cause you to lose people,

but quite honestly, are they the type of people you want in your life?

Who pick you apart to make themselves feel better?

Who look down on you, judging and scolding you?

No.

And that is the point of this whole thing.

Once you feel real, you never want fake ever again.

You limit your energies to those who see and value you.

In my life today, I have been taught a few lessons this Summer about this

very thing. It is never easy knowing that people you care for 

quite honestly feel that you are unworthy.

But once you know....

Then you know.

However,

God's love for me is unconditional.

I have never gone through something  and felt alone.

I am a child of God and I have always felt that

I was surrounded by His love, even in my loneliest moments.

Even in the hard moments when I have called out to the universe

in pain and grief.

Push back when people try and tell you who you are

or what you are.

Love unconditionally.

Stay in your light.

The light is those best parts of you.... share them with people

who genuinely care for you and with those who need

to feel comfort and love.

May your Sunday be blessed friends.

xoxo

Raven