Our fear of differences yields prejudice and judgments.
Judgments and fear create harmful words and actions.
WE ARE ALL CREATED EQUAL.
WE HAVE A RIGHT TO LIFE, LIBERTY AND HAPPINESS.
Affirmations:
I choose what is right and true for me.
I accept my uniqueness and allow others the same.
I value what I learn from all peoples and their choices.
I am happy when I stop judging myself and others.
What Is Right For You?
See my prayer for us all below.
We may believe what our family did is natural.
Or we may see our culture as natural.
Whatever we have lived seems natural and right for us.
Are we mistaken?
Until we see different choices, we may not know there are other “right” ways.
Until we hear stories of other customs, we may not know there is another way.
Unless we experience something different, how can we know?
When we experience differences, we may question what is right or true or better.
Let us observe some obvious differences in cultures and peoples and customs.
- Bathing once a week or every day or never.
- Wearing something on one’s head (turban, scarf, yamaka).
- Speaking another language.
- Praying for all sicknesses, weather changes, food, etc.
- Saying “please” and “thank you” for everything.
- Respecting elders.
- Eating once, twice or three times or more daily.
- Eating meat or no products derived from animals.
- Never hurting any animal or human being.
- Driving no motorized vehicle, traveling only by foot or animal drawn carriage.
- No electricity.
- Only saying what is “nice” or saying nothing at all.
What are your preferred habits and customs?
There are different ways of parenting, communicating, diets and hygiene.
Every human being has choices about what is right for them.
We all tend to go along to get along with our family and our culture.
When we know more, we may judge more or accept more.
We tend to judge what is right and what is wrong.
We could forgive our need to be right and/or make others wrong.
We could be interested and accepting of our many differences.
As we come to fear less and accept more, we respect our own differences.
As we value what is valuable, we trust others to value what they find valuable.
When we recognize differences without judgment, we appreciate the right to choose.
In our acceptance of one another, we find inner peace and happiness.
Life has infinite opportunity for diversity and choice.
We adapt by exploring, experiencing and changing our minds.
As we forgive our negative comparisons, we enjoy our own right to choose.
We can all live together in harmony, when we no longer fear our differences.
Nature has unlimited differences and so do we all.
The peoples of the earth desire and deserve the right to choose.
Let us enjoy our diversity and uniqueness with respect and appreciation.
May we all value what we value and respect others’ right to do the same.
Honoring our differences,
Betty Lue
Let us each take time to clear our own minds of what is harmful to ourselves and others.
May this time be a daily reminder to choose what is healing and truly helpful.
May each one of us choose to live a life that is respectful and responsible.
May we consciously choose to say and do what brings peace to our homes and our world.
We are the ones who can make a difference, right here and right now.
We each can do it one heart at a time, one mind at a time, one moment at a time.
And I am committed to think and do and say and pray what I can where I am.
I choose to teach my world to remember Love and return to Wholeness.