One Woman's Quest II

Growing with gratitude for life's challenges

Something to Love

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I met a woman once, so debilitated by disease that my impulse was to recoil. Then I remembered the words of one of my teachers: “There is something to love about everyone”, and I checked myself, and realized that this woman must have an incredibly strong will to live. I told her so, and noted that it pleased her.

Years later, I was struck down by the same illness, and I forgot the words of my teacher, and I recoiled at my condition, and berated myself. At least until I recounted this story, and realized that the woman was just a reflection of myself, and that my will is also strong, and this pleases me.

Practice finding something to love about everyone you meet. It may come in handy later.

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