“The ego never sees a reason to be satisfied with someone. It slyly tempts us to the thoughts and behavior that would keep love at bay, even while protesting that we want it desperately.

“The only reason I want you to be different is because I love you!” According to A Course in Miracles, the ego’s dictate is “seek, but do not find.”

In a world where fear dominates the consciousness of the human race, it takes conscious practice to develop the emotional musculature of love. But boy is this hard when someone pushes all our buttons and triggers all our wounds.

We can be all lovely and enlightened in the morning, and crazed with anger by noon.
And then, unfortunately, we’re off to the races. Some of the biggest judgments we make, the most pernicious attacks, are made before we even have a chance to think. We send a reactive text or email. We say things we later regret having said.”

Excerpt From: Williamson, Marianne. “Tears to Triumph”