Day 43: March 13
The thought for today is UNIQUENESS.
No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something unique to offer. Your life, because of who you are, has meaning. – Barbara De Angelis
Nobody else has lived the life you’ve lived. Nobody has been to the places you’ve been or done the things you’ve done and observed and participated in them the way you have. Nobody has met the people you’ve met and had the conversations with them that you’ve had. Nobody else grew up in your family the way you did, not even your siblings who were in a different place in the birth order and encountered a different family dynamic than you did. Nobody uses your talents and abilities like you use them.
Your whole life is a unique combination of experiences.
So is everyone else’s.
Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. – Margaret Mead
As we grow as unique persons, we learn to respect the uniqueness of others. – Robert Schuller
If you are not grounded in the Sacred Presence as you grow in awareness of your unique status, you have to be vigilant about the ego’s tendency to twist it. If you’re feeling pretty good about yourself to begin with, you may at times experience feelings of superiority or arrogance. If you’re in an unhealthy state, you may feel alone and isolated, as though no one else could possibly understand what you’re going through.
As we stay centered in Spirit, however, we develop a proper understanding. We have all had common or similar experiences that allow us to relate to one another, but how we experienced them was different as they were interpreted through the lens of our whole life. That is what makes us unique. But it doesn’t make us right.
Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You’re able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgment. – Ralph Marston
We must respect the unique points of view of others, too. We have a tendency to judge others’ experiences as wrong if they don’t resonate with our own. But neither is necessarily right or wrong, they’re just ours. As we listen and learn, we are able to look at our own positions and reinterpret them in the light of the experiences of others and maybe come to some kind of common understanding.
What unique talents, abilities, and observations can you share with others today to further reveal Peace in your world? Have your own points of view been reshaped by the experiences of others and, if so, in what ways? Did taking the time to understand the life experience of another strengthen your relationship?
breathe Peace ~
Rev. Rebecca
