Dec
11
2009
The Smallest Social Unit
Author: siggyThe smallest social unit within your family is your partner. Do you treat him/her with kindness and love. It matters. How can you possibly treat others with love and kindness if you can not even treat the person who is closest to you that way?
Of course, kindness starts off with you, your thoughts, your self talk. If you can treat yourself with tolerance and love, fully aware you are flawed and forgive yourself for blundering and, also, ask others for forgiveness when you have hurt them.
I find it interesting in the Lord’s Prayer it states, ‘And forgive our debts, as well as we forgive our debtors’ (Matthew 6-12). You have to ask God for the forgiveness of you sins first before can you can forgive others for hurting you.
If you love those who God puts in your life (and it starts off with your mate) you can transform the world. Never discount the power of one. Every movement started off with one person so never discount yourself.
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