3/29/14 RMB Watching Words
Dear Rita Mae Brown,
Friends gathered today for
dinner at a restaurant new to most of us. Two of us had been there before and
as one of them started to explain, we were going there because it was a
favorite spot of the other and this gathering was for her. The friend telling
me about the locale said she had to intentionally stop herself from qualifying
the decision to go there. As though it was too fanatical, far out, hippy-ish to
go to a vegetarian restaurant.
Perhaps this is why I think so
highly of this friend, she listens to what we are saying and why we say things,
even when she is the one doing the talking. Underneath our conscious, maybe
even underneath our subconscious, sits an entity that judges, without reason,
without thought, years ingrained, lifetimes of witnessed prejudice fester
there. Societies mark, an ugly scar, inches in deeper and deeper, unless we are
diligent in our awareness.
There was no need to qualify or
apologize for taking us all outside our norm and sharing a new fun place, with
great food I might add. Our thoughts can free us or box us in. Reverend Millie
often said “Watch your thoughts, watch your words and watch your deed.” It is surprising
and amazing what we see when we watch carefully.
Sharing mine with you,
Loraine
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