Paige Thomas DeHart

I went through a process of extending love whether I felt like it or not. Lately, the flow stopped and I am beginning to understand why. A Course in Miracles says that everything is either an “act of love or a cry for help.” I have been practicing the recognition of those cries for help in others so that I may meet them with expressions of love. There is just one person whose cries for help I fail to recognize; my own.

I guess it is time to practice letting others extend themselves to me. I am a part of this circle also. I am not above or below the humanity and imperfection that seemingly separate us by our broken dreams or the true spirituality that binds us. I need to let others love me. I have tried to sacrifice my vulnerability in the name of heroism. I sometimes become a self-appointed “untouchable.” That is just pride, ego, and self-centered fear.  

Here I am again, a part of the circle of life, learning to love and to be loved. Help me, God, to reach out to those in need and to allow others to reach me when I am in need. My need is Your opportunity to fulfill it and my neighbor’s opportunity to let You be Yourself in him or her.

REMEMBER THAT, PAIGE; IT IS IMPORTANT. EVERY TIME YOU HIDE, YOU DEPRIVE SOMEONE THAT YOU LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE BEING LOVING AND HELPFUL. OTHERS NEED TO BE THERE FOR YOU AS MUCH AS YOU NEED TO BE THERE FOR THEM. LET OTHERS HELP TOO, SWEETHEART. EVERYONE MUST GIVE AND RECEIVE. THIS IS THE LESSON.

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