I heard a reporter on TV recently use the phrase “war on
cancer” and it gave me pause.
Have you
ever noticed that we humans tend to “fight” issues, people, illness, just about
anything that falls in our paths rather than loving it into something different? Do you do that? I know I do from time to time.
We seem to wage war with so many things in
this life. Another word for war is
resistance which brings a well known phrase to mind: What we resist, persists.
It all boils down to this:
what we put the most energy into is what we draw to ourselves. It is a fundamental truth principle that this
is true, and yet, it is one of the most challenging lessons that we all face at
one time or another.
It’s also part of
forgiveness.
Why do we find it so hard to forgive? Has someone hurt you or betrayed you or
neglected you? Why is it so hard for us
to release those feelings? Who is really
being hurt when we don’t?
Look in the
mirror. The image you see is responsible
for how you feel, no one else.
Yet, we
resist taking responsibility for our own feelings and throw the blame on others. We create the illusion that we are helpless
victims when we are, in fact, the perpetrator of the conflict that exists
within our hearts and minds.
Like good
little puppies we keep chewing on that bone of discontent, and the more we gnaw
on it, the more we feel justified in doing so and the more we want to continue
it because it validates where we are in our lives.
We remain resistant to change and, as we know:
what
we resist, persists. But where is
the good in that?? Where is the good in
waging a war against ourselves?
Wars are waged country vs. country. Political entities wage war amongst
themselves. It happens all the time and
everywhere. Take a look at
Congress. Take a look at any
organization in which a diversity of factions exists. Until or unless those involved in these
“wars” releases the need to blame and accepts responsibility for their part in
whatever issue exists—in other words stops resisting—the situation will
persist.
This is also true concerning
our health.
Why wage war against cancer for instance? Why not embrace
the path to a cure? Why wage war against
yourself because you fall short of what you think you should do or be? Why not forgive yourself for having missed
the mark, learn from your mistake and move on?
Why not embrace every bit of yourself and move on with gratitude?
This whole concept is the domino theory in action. If we can’t forgive ourselves, how can we
ever think about forgiving others?
If we
can’t love ourselves, how can we ever think about loving others? If we can’t embrace life rather than war through life, how can we ever expect
to create a peaceful and loving world?
. . . just something
to think about.
Namaste.
--Kate Morgan for Unity of Charlotte
