© 2010 Howard McQueen
One of the challenges
we (each and all) face
is discerning and separating
that which is real,
from that which we imagine.
May you find within,
again and again,
the ability to learn and apply
the wisdom and guidance
liberated by discernment.
To know when it is wise to be tolerant of yourself and others
and when tolerance is to be set aside,
and a firmness of backbone
placed in your stride
as you move toward,
literally lean into and call forth your compassion,
to be more fully present with your own discomfort
and the discomforts of others.
May the gifts you unwrap from this life lived
be to see all the inbreeding falseness
in the painful beliefs
me,
you,
our brothers
and our sisters
still cling to
so closely,
so tightly
within.
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One method to approach discernment is to realize that the words we each choose to birth and bring forth into this world either create a movement towards separation or a movement towards unity and wholeness. When separation is manifest, it is our most explicit means for then inquiring inwardly and discovering those beliefs that feed on our own fear, that breed the need for commanding and controlling whatever it is we are imagining.
- HM
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