Do you like yourself? A good question to ask each day, because it can effect and affect how we go about our day. What if I am grumpy or nasty around people, impatient, intolerant, unaccepting of life on life’s terms? Or what if I just don’t want to be with anyone. Avoidance! It is easy for me to be alone in a monastery, so I have to check my motives for doing so. I could hide behind “I need my space,” or “I am here for quiet contemplation.” Maybe yes, but if the energy behind anything is “I don’t like myself” then I need to do some spiritual maintenance. Morning mediation, is my check on “liking me.” If I don’t like me, then woe is the world around me that day. Isolation is not “being alone” time. Criticism, judgment and resentment follow. If you are having a lousy day, check up on this question: Do you like yourself?
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