Loving someone or....

..... knowing that they love you is not a licence to abuse or antagonise them. It is never okay to hurt someone's feelings, just because you suspect that you will be 'safe', even if you do.

 

We all need to learn to show each other more respect and to treat the people we are closest to with the same degree of deference and civility that we might show to a stranger.

Love isn't a decision, it's a feeling.  If we decided who to love, life may be simpler but far less magical.

Do you know how many books....

......offer to test your personality or measure your IQ?  (Personally, I've absolutely no idea.) None, though, offers you the opportunity to assess your sanity. Now, why might this be? Because such publications would not sell? Or because, despite the claims of erudite professionals, there is absolutely no reliable way to make such a judgement. One person's sanity is another's madness - and vice versa.

So who can say what's crazy now? If you are happy with what's happening, enjoy it. If not, change it.

All actions result from thought, so it is thought that matters   (Sai Baba)

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Before, during and after....

....the 2nd World War there was an entertainer called George Formby.  When he sang, he was the master of euphemisms. He was forever going on about his little stick of Blackpool rock. Or his granddad's flannelette night-shirt. Or his Auntie Maggie's remedy. In each instance, what he was really alluding to was his... 

Well, expert opinion differs. Freudian analysts feel sure he was referring to a part of his own anatomy. Those who are inclined to focus on Jung would insist he was simply describing an innate spiritual philosophy.   (Think I'll stop here - some might begin to think I'm educated...!!!)

There's rarely a need to look for hidden meanings. The obvious is all you need to see.

Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.    (Paramahansa Yogananda)