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InnerSelf's Daily Inspiration
March 8, 2023
The focus for today's inspiration is:
My every action, thought, and response can be practiced with kindness.
Metta, or “loving-kindness,” is a form of Buddhist meditation for sending well wishes to others, a wholehearted prayer expressing unconditional love. We extend metta not just to those who please us but to all beings, no matter how we feel about their actions.
Variations of this sentiment can be found in most major religions in the world, including Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, and Islam. Everywhere we look in spiritual teachings, we hear about the value of loving one another and treating others as we wish to be treated.
This does not mean that any behavior is okay or that good boundaries and righteous anger don’t have a place in our lives. We have the right and responsibility to protest behavior we think is unethical or hurtful. But metta reminds us that every action, thought, and response can be practiced with kindness.
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Today's inspiration was excerpted from the InnerSelf.com article:
Recognizing and Practicing Wholeheartedness
Written by Linda Carroll
Read the complete article here.
This is Marie T. Russell, publisher of InnerSelf.com, wishing you a day of remembering that your every action, thought, and response can be practiced with kindness (today and every day)
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RECOMMENDED BOOK: Love Skills
Love Skills: The Keys to Unlocking Lasting, Wholehearted Love
by Linda Carroll
Linda Carroll’s first book, Love Cycles, described the five stages of intimate relationships in detail, illuminating the behaviors associated with each stage and strategies for successfully navigating them.
This companion workbook, Love Skills, is a practical guide to creating and maintaining a loving relationship. Exercises, activities, self-assessments, and other concrete tools allow readers to understand where they are in their relationship. Her well-researched practices help keep love alive in the midst of seemingly intractable differences, and specific, effective solutions to couples’ most common struggles provide a clear map for moving forward.
For more info and/or to order this book, click here. (Also available as a Kindle edition.)
About the Author
Linda Carroll, MS, LMFT, BCC , is a writer, therapist, seminar leader, keynote speaker, and private coach to couples, individuals, and families. Ahe present her “Love Cycles” program at the renowned Rancho la Puerta wellness retreat and other venues across the country. She also speaks about relationship issues on radio programs and podcasts, and writes for many online magazines.
