Dare to recognize my selfishness. Selfishness is the opposite of love. It's a trait I hate in others but I justify in myself - why is that? The book talks about putting your mate’s needs before your own, but since I’m not in a relationship at the moment I reflected back on past relationships and I can definitely see that selfishness was everywhere – Yikes!!
Maybe that is one of the reasons I’m not in a relationship now – because I like my selfishness. That hurts to admit =:(
But I can see where selfishness rears its ugly head in other areas of my life on a daily basis and it usually appears in the form of impatience. I usually get impatient when I’m not getting my selfish needs fulfilled. WOW, my selfishness leads me to be impatient which denies me the opportunities to experience joy through being kind instead of impatient and that results in not attracting loving relationships into my life – WOW, as simple as that sounds it’s a huge revelation for me!!
It's kind of like to puzzle pieces are all falling into place.
Until next time…
Heidi,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your discoveries with us. They are providing great insight into how all of us deal with ourselves.
Thanks,
Michael M.