Sometimes it is difficult to believe that you and I are precious. There are voices outside us and voices within us that try to convince us otherwise. Sometimes those voices are remembered voices tied to previous failures and mistakes. Sometimes those voices are the critical voices spoken in the moment. I suspect in our shared … Continue reading Hold On
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You Matter
You matter. You are precious. And knowing this is important because to know that one's preciousness means that affirmation from others is no longer perceived as necessary. The other affirms and it is fine. The other does not affirm and that is fine. Your preciousness is not derived from outside yourself. It is not even … Continue reading You Matter
You Define Preciousness
You are incomparable. Sometimes it seems everything gets its value through comparing to to something else; for example, gold is valued as a more precious metal than iron (unless you want to make steel in which case gold is fairly useless except to trade for iron). We seem to see everything as an exclusively either/or … Continue reading You Define Preciousness
Why “infinitely precious?”
Everything (and everyone) is a reflection of an aspect of what is infinite and ultimate. Looking at one another is the opportunity to see an unrepeatable bit of all-that-is. That is what makes each infinitely precious. There is an immeasurable quality to each reflective element of the All. To recognize that each one contains the … Continue reading Why “infinitely precious?”
