Thu Jul 15, 2010
In our book section, you can order Oprah Winfrey's favorite book ~ Eckhart Tolle's "A New Earth".
Mallika Chopra
Dear Hearts,
Haven’t we all at sometime confused the term “holding”…with “holding onto”? During our lifetime, we've all held someone in our arms or perhaps promised to hold them in our prayers or we’ve promised to hold another in our hearts. Perhaps we've held another’s hands in time of trouble or need. Some of us have taken marriage vows where we’ve promised “to have and to hold”. We've all had the privilege of holding a baby.
However, instead of holding, it’s easy to get caught “holding onto”. We hold on to our ideas of how another person is to act or behave. We hold onto our thoughts of when is the time for another to leave or to stay, we hold unto many beliefs and ideas about what another should or shouldn’t do. Sometimes, we want to hold onto another and keep them close rather than letting them go free thus allowing them to fly. The truth is…holding onto another is never about the other person, it 's about our needs and our neediness.
God is the perfect example of how to hold another. For God holds each of us in deep and abiding love. However, God does not hold onto us...as God, in God’s infinite wisdom, has given us free will to find our own path, to grow our own wings and the opportunity to fly at our own speed and to our own destination.
Today, let’s remember that our job is to hold others in thoughts and actions of love, peace and harmony. Our job is to daily hold others in prayer. Our job is to remember to exercise the wisdom to “hold”… but never “hold onto” another.
With love and blessings,
Rev. Barbara
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