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What do we do in situations where someone is “wasting our time”? Let’s say somebody you work with makes the same mistakes over and over, asking you the same questions time and again, never seeming to understand how their job is to be done. It’s easy to become upset and tersely answer their questions one more time. There are many situations I can think of where a co-worker may not do their job and, hence, take up your valuable time in the process. From past experience, I know it does no good to concentrate on their deficiencies, replaying in thought what they should have done — or, worse yet, telling others how awful they are. I feel the best thing I can do for everyone involved is to quietly listen for guidance, while looking past the form and catching glimpses of the reality (the perfection, if you will) of that person. If we are all reflections of divine Mind, there are no exclusions! Freeing my thought to include him in the realization that we are all the image and likeness of Love allows me to see past my beliefs and open my thought to this reality. Perhaps my expectations are holding someone hostage, not allowing them to realize they don’t have to be caught up in by-rote behavior and limited thinking about themselves and the world. This is well-worth the effort on our part, when we know this shift frees us all!
“The human thought must free itself from self-imposed materiality and bondage.”
Science & Health Page 191:16-17
“People become what you would have them be, and what they do you order.”
A Course in Miracles - Passing of the Dream
