Breaking Ties to the Obsolete but Familiar By Steve Beckow

[Manuel Tavares]

Breaking Ties to the Obsolete but Familiar
By Steve Beckow
https://rayviolet.blogspot.com/2022/10/breaking-ties-to-obsolete-but-familiar.html

I keep seeing myself falling back into familiar ways of thinking and behaving when I no longer feel that way.

They come up instantly. For example, when I approach a teller at my bank, I feel instantly irritated when they talk “too long” (I decide) with the customer. I can be the next person in line and still wait longer than I want to.

I feel that way just thinking about the bank. A cloud of hot air – fittingly – arises in me.

This is familiar and so I fall back into it again and again, at least momentarily.

After it arises, if I’m aware, I don’t go with it. If I’m unaware, I try it on like a hoodie and wear it.

However, since I committed to the divine qualities – and actually started living them – I’m no longer in that place. So my reaction, to begin with, is archaic, obsolete, but familiar.
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