Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013
Today's thought from Hazelden is:
The seed of God is in us. Pear seeds grow into pear trees, nut seeds into nut trees, and God seeds into God.
-- Meister Eckhart
Often we may feel critical and judgmental about our maturity or personality. When we read we have God seeds within us, we may find that difficult to believe. How can we have the God seeds within us that other people have? It may seem everyone else has more good within them than we have.
Just as we admire certain qualities about other people, so can we admire qualities about ourselves. We need to remember a good critic looks at both the good and the bad. A good critic doesn't pass judgment, but merely assembles the facts to allow others to make judgments.
The seeds that grow pear trees don't yield perfect trees. Some of the fruit is ripe and juicy, some is hard and dry, some fruit never matures. Yet the pear tree will be a good tree if it's tended with care. So it is with us. Every part of us may not be perfect, but with care we can make the best person possible from the God seed that began us.
I can be a healthy, bountiful person if I give myself plenty of care. I won't give up on me.
The seed of God is in us. Pear seeds grow into pear trees, nut seeds into nut trees, and God seeds into God.
-- Meister Eckhart
Often we may feel critical and judgmental about our maturity or personality. When we read we have God seeds within us, we may find that difficult to believe. How can we have the God seeds within us that other people have? It may seem everyone else has more good within them than we have.
Just as we admire certain qualities about other people, so can we admire qualities about ourselves. We need to remember a good critic looks at both the good and the bad. A good critic doesn't pass judgment, but merely assembles the facts to allow others to make judgments.
The seeds that grow pear trees don't yield perfect trees. Some of the fruit is ripe and juicy, some is hard and dry, some fruit never matures. Yet the pear tree will be a good tree if it's tended with care. So it is with us. Every part of us may not be perfect, but with care we can make the best person possible from the God seed that began us.
I can be a healthy, bountiful person if I give myself plenty of care. I won't give up on me.
From the book:
Night Light by Amy E. Dean. © 1986, 1992 by Hazelden Foundation
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