The Behaviour is NOT the Person
Biting into the apple I had packed as a snack, I noticed several imperfections. What had looked like a good apple when I took it out of the fridge this morning, seems to have sustained some damage in my handbag. It had a small bruised area on one side that had already spread beneath the peel. On closer examination I noticed the core and the seed area to be absolutely perfect. I came to the conclusion that this was not a rotten apple – simply a damaged apple, perfectly good to eat.
We all sustain some bruising and damage as we walk our path in life. Through the experience of pain and bruising we form our beliefs and from there our behaviour. We adopt behaviours that are not only damaging to the physical health but damaging to the core value of self.
Conflict and much unhappiness is often the result of trying to change a behaviour in a partner. Watching a person we love systematically destroy themselves is a frustrating yet helpless experience.
However, once a person has passed over, the chance to change the behaviour becomes obsolete.
All we have, is to change our view of this behaviour.
To remember, to uncover and discover, the soul of the Person we loved, underneath the behaviour, brings a certain freedom.
Find the person in your life that causes you the most pain and disappointment –
The Behaviour is NOT the Person – the seeds of the Soul, the God part of the Person – that is who the Person is.
How liberating to be able to see the beautiful inner core, the seeds of perfection created by God, beyond the bruised and damage out part.
Each one of us has behaviours we are not proud of. This is what makes us human. Value the core of the person you love. See the beauty of the God part in this person in all its perfection.
See past the behaviour into the eyes of the Soul – in this place we are all equal and all perfection -
