Time spent attempting to change others affords little time for personal change. --Georgette Vickstrom
We must be willing to change or we wouldn't be reading these words right now. However, being willing to change is often easier than doing it. One of the biggest changes most of us need to make is learning to let others be who they are, regardless of who we want them to be. Most of us think our lives would be far smoother and more productive if only other people lived up to our standards. How wrong we are!
It we could change others as we wish, we would live far less enlightened lives. In fact, we discover opportunities for personal development in our interactions with the men and women who frustrate us so. The irony is that we wish they'd change, but if they did, we wouldn't experience the growth we deserve.
I will enhance my growth today by letting others be who they are and working on myself.
Amen Larry! I spent my whole life attempting to change others until I got to AA and worked the steps and learned that I'm powerless over others. What a big weight lifted off of my shoulders. Now, I can work on me and let other's be who they are- knowing they have their own higher power and it's not me.
To Let Go- does not mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else.
Something that amazes me every single time is that when I take care of my own backyard, and work on the weeds in my vicinity? It's amazing how suddenly everyone else's yard starts to look better, too. Makes me wonder if it isn't my own weeds that are invading their space.
(Which is a total metaphor for how my perception of others short comings changes when I work on my own shortcomings. Miracle, that.)
