{"id":43590,"date":"2015-11-18T14:20:04","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T19:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=43590"},"modified":"2015-11-18T14:22:21","modified_gmt":"2015-11-18T19:22:21","slug":"bless-those-whose-actions-challenge-me-to-do-the-important-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/bless-those-whose-actions-challenge-me-to-do-the-important-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Bless those whose actions challenge me to do the important work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/dove-with-hand-right.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-42596\" src=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/dove-with-hand-right.jpg\" alt=\"dove-with-hand right\" width=\"180\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a>Ram Dass<\/strong> said &#8220;<strong><em>I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion &#8211; and where it isn&#8217;t, that&#8217;s where my work lies.<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; Today I bless those whose actions challenge me to remain loving and compassionate, for they help me do the important work.\u00a0 I bless those who terrorize and spread disinformation, for they know not that they know not.\u00a0 I won&#8217;t let them steal my joy. I let their rage drift away like smoke on wind. I breathe them into my heart and exhale them up to God. I breathe down God&#8217;s love and exhale it into their hearts.\u00a0 I place my loving attention on those I find physically in front of me every day. Loving them, being in harmony with them, that is the work. 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