Hi,

My name is Patty, and I wanted to post a bit about today’s call(2/22). The topic about loving everyone came up. The question, “why wouldn’t you love someone”, was asked. And if I understood Gary and Linda correctly, not loving someone springs from feelings that result from feeling like a victim. For me, I know I have frightened parts of myself come up lots of times. What I was reminded about was that during elections when I see signs on lawn supporting candidates that I don’t support, I can react negatively with anger or derision. Often the signs trigger a judgement in me about the intelligence or the individual’s ability to think. But I know that this type of response is not from love. I guess I felt a victim, powerless to make a change in these folks. So I started the practice of loving theses strangers. I sent them love and knew that how I felt about myself and my world was not disturbed directly by their thinking. Though I am still not clear about their candidate’s decisions and how that might impact me, definitely a frightened part of myself here. So I know I don’t have to be a victim, that I don’t have to react to opposing points of view, and that I can take the time to respond, and my response is always to send love.

Thanks,
Patty