How can a person teach empathy and
understanding as well as becoming non- judgmental if you don’t have those
qualities yourself? First you have to recognize the lack in yourself (and yes,
that can be a problem if you think you are perfect and no longer need to evolve
as a human being . . . but I cannot preach to a stone wall) and then you
research on how to release yourself from qualities that are actually weighing
you down.
I was touched and surprised when
my sister told me that I was a much better person than her because I always see
the good in people. But I wasn’t always this way, when I was younger I
could be judgmental (although I have always had compassion for the underdog and
have always had a tendency to see both sides of most arguments). I think I mellowed out in my early 40’s and
certainly by the time I was 50 I could see most people through a very rosy
lens. I think what I recognized in myself was that I genuinely LIKED people. I
have seldom met a person that I didn’t like (but I have) so it’s easy to go to
the next level, becoming empathetic to whatever ails them.
Liking people, listening to people and
genuinely being interested in
them is a huge step in making your circle, your world a better place. As Deepak so wonderfully explained in the
latest meditation Youthful Energy, YOU are the WORLD because (and I paraphrase)
your reality is your world. Does that make sense? So when you are at your best
you reflect that into the world around you.
Ergo, reflect your best self, daily,
hourly, minutely and wow, you are building a better world!
Now wasn’t that easy?
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