When we talk about coming from a “place of love” what exactly does that mean? Are we talking about sex?…passion?…are we talking about a relationship? There are many “forms” of LOVE, a parent’s love, the love of ones family and friends, your children’s love and the love of your fellow human being. But this is only one form of love, it has many forms.
“Jesus said love thy neighbor as thy self.” What exactly does that mean?
In trying to understand all of this this is what I went through and the lesson I learned.
This is only from my perspective; from my observations and understanding my conclusions come from my own experiences. Now this may sound distorted and a little weird, but I ask that you bear with me and see if you can’t come to the same conclusions as I have!
Love is not just someone doing something nice for or to you love is more. Being an enduring individual ( I won’t say stubborn and pig-headed at times) so I’ll say enduring, being an enduring or persevering person there comes a time where I just don’t get it. I want to be right to the point where I’m blue in the face, lol no matter how wrong I may be. It’s worse when I think some social injustice is being played out on me and I think you’re “F”ing me over or trying to pull a fast one or life is just unfair, these are some of my faults and stigmas that need correcting and I'm working on them.
My point is I’m going through something right now where I feel I’m being mistreated and taken advantage of, I fell behind on my rent and accumulated late fees, but from my distorted perspective I feel it’s unfair I mean I can’t help it that my unemployment is just not enough to cover the rent from time to time and I’m being quite stubborn about paying these late fees. I feel my Manager should work with me and yes I’ve been told numerous times how it’s my responsibility to pay my rent and pay it on time.
I ended up boxing myself in and now I’m under the gun as I was given an ultimatum, pay $40 every Monday until the late fees are paid off and pay you’re rent on time or leave. Now initially I looked at this with dread and got rather upset about the whole thing and of course the fear got the best of me and I wanted to bail on the whole situation. But then I got to thinking that here is an excellent opportunity to become more personally responsible for my actions and ultimately for my life and myself.
So in a sense my Manager acted from a place of love and understanding taking action against my own inaction and helping me understand and learn a valuable lesson.
My past actions were to always bail on the situation and have a case of the “F” its! But I’m learning that this is what’s best for me, it’s not easy giving up every single dime and sacrificing ones own needs putting rent and bills ahead of wants and desires, but after some long thought I have to admit it feels good, I feel much better about the whole situation and I’ve learned that going with the flow of energy i.e. the situation is better than my old “fight or flight” mentality.
Was this an act of love and coming from a place of love, only you can decide? I’ve analyzed this and other scenarios throughout my life and GOD has given me insight into what I feel is the solution and though it may seem bad it was actually the best thing that has ever happened to me.
Love to all of you my friends and may GOD keep you and bless you!
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