The Battle that Begins
in You
Last week I
received a note from our mail carrier. She informed me that my trash can was in
her way and that if I did not move it to another space, then she would stop
delivering my mail.
I was a tad
miffed---okay, I was ready to give her a piece of my mind, but then my heart
offered itself as a sacrifice instead.
As I calmed
down I imagined the mail carrier in her truck attempting to drive up to my
mailbox. Instead of being able to pull up and put mail in the box, she would
have to get out of her truck and walk around my can.
My head got
in the way again and began to complain about how much later the mail had been
coming since she started on our route, and again my heart interceded showing me
the countless number of others who had been negligent in the placement of their
cans as well.
At that
moment, my foot began to remind me of its injury and the reason why my trash
can had been all over the place.
While my
foot had been healing from an injury, my friends and family have all been
taking my trash down the long driveway for pick-up. Sometimes, it’s a tad too
close to the mailbox.
I smiled at my beautiful life and the
fact that folks love me enough to take out my trash.
My heart told me to simply apologize
to the mail carrier. I asked my heart if she had lost her mind and she said
that she was my true mind, so I smiled and did as I was told.
I wrote a
note to the mail carrier and in it I apologized and explained the reason for
the mis-placement of the can. Then I thanked her for doing her job with purpose
and my own heart smiled at me.
That day, I
received another note and this time, the mail carrier was thanking me.
This
morning, the can has been moved so both the sanitation driver and the mail
carrier can do their job without interruption.
Ask yourself the following,
Am I in the way of someone else’s
job?
How can I help lighten the load of
others?
Who do I owe an apology to?
How can I help keep a battle from
happening?
What happens when I move from my head
to my heart?
Now, what happens when I use the
wisdom of both?
Maybe the world is a beautiful place but
it needs us to believe that it is and then make it so.
Be you, be well, be
beautiful.
Bertice Berry, PhD.
