Expressing Peace. Poo. 76.
Poo and Peace
She was truly graceful, scraping dog poo from her sandal’s sole on the grass between the sidewalk and the parking lot.
As I ran past, I raised my arms in supplication. “It wasn’t my dog! I always pick up after…”
In a single expression she smiled and growled, “It makes me so mad!”
Perhaps 50 strides down the road I thought, “That’s what forgiveness is for!”
Forgiveness is for the forgiver more than the forgiven. Forgiveness lets one experience peace instead of ire. Laughter instead of grimace. Release instead of clinch. That is what forgiveness is for, I believe.
Forgiveness lets you let go of the human tumult that doesn’t do anyone any good. The poo doesn’t go away. The shoe’s sole will wipe clean.
When the tumult is released, peace replaces it. When we feel in our heart the power to forgive, the power that is ours, we experience Peace. If we don’t let the human mind get in the way, forgiveness is easy. It’s natural. It’s both giving and receiving a gift at the same time. The gift is peace.
Sweet Friend,
the power of Peace gives me the power to forgive
and to know the real forgiveness is for myself:
to free myself from itches, tensions, stress and strife
that I create.
The peace I know when I forgive
is the gentle flowing of your Love and Grace
throughout my being.
Watching where I step is how I feel your guidance.
Forgiving where I step is how I love your Presence.
And so I thank you, GOD, that Spirit lets me let go
of human disturbances, only as real
as I let them be.
And so it is. Amen. Amen.
Enjoy Peace. Express Peace.
In: Forgiveness, Humor, Peace, Prayer · Tagged with: Forgiveness, Peace, praying, spiritual simplicity
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