LOVE NEVER JUDGES AND MIGHT BE NEXT DOOR – “We teach by example.” “Compassion lends kindness to all our efforts in service to others. “[We] set aside our self-righteousness. Because the only requirement for membership is a quality we cannot measure, the right to judge another’s desire is denied us.” (It Works, How & Why, p 109)
Today’s SFZ
“The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: ‘If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?’ But… the good Samaritan reversed the question: ‘If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?’ ”
– Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1928- 1968) Afro-American civil rights leader
How have you found, “love, justice and truth” in your own life, lately?
Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey Love Songs (24:58)
Valentines Day, Lent, Harlem Shake! (5:08)
How to find True Love – a Self-hypnosis Meditation LP (44:48)
Love and Friendship
BY EMILY BRONTË
Love is like the wild rose-briar,
Friendship like the holly-tree—
The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms
But which will bloom most constantly?
The wild rose-briar is sweet in spring,
Its summer blossoms scent the air;
Yet wait till winter comes again
And who will call the wild-briar fair?
Then scorn the silly rose-wreath now
And deck thee with the holly’s sheen,
That when December blights thy brow
He still may leave thy garland green.
For me, its freedom, or rather freedom to……
I have freedom to be, feel, do, act, experience, etc, when I rid myself of rigid expectations and selfish desires.
5 min
compassion is definitely 1 of the eternal thingsin life that otters to me most. sso 1 of the things that I have to continue to remind myself is that require non judgement and that I have to sacrifice my own petty judgement to remain compassionate. (8 mins)
Happy Valentine’s Day! I am learning about gratitude and how my gratitude is based on learning new ways to love. Gratitude is about love and love is about connection and connection is about letting go of guilt, fear and shame. I may not show my love perfectly and I am still learning to be grateful.
The meaning of love. Page 86 in the big book says to relax take it
Easy need to do that especially so I wont have to keep second guessing myself
I know when I am being judgmental and filled with lovelessness. My chest feels squeezed tight as though my heart is constricting. When my self-righteousness bursts into flame, I have to take a step back. “There but for the grace of God go I.” I am here for a reason – I am here to bring love – no mas y no menos. The trick in all this is bringing love of myself to myself which I can only do when I allow the unconditional love of my Higher Power into my life. I can drop my delusion that I am my own or anyone else’s Higher Power.