The War We’re Fighting With Ourselves
We see our human self as something in our way, a problem to be solved. We try everything to fix it, change it, outrun it.
But that just makes it all worse.
What’s Real For You Now?
As Rumi wrote: “If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”
But, honestly, and no offence meant to Rumi, I think it’s human to feel irritated by this process. Let’s be real. It’s not fun being sanded, shaped and polished. It’s not fun facing all our fears and pain and parts of us we don’t yet know how to meet with love.
