AS I HELPED HER TO REALIZE THAT HIS DRINKING WASN’T BECAUSE SHE DID ANYTHING WRONG, NOR BECAUSE HE DIDN’T WANT TO LOVE HER. THE TRUTH LIES MORE CLOSELY WITH THE FACT THAT HE PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIMSELF.

As we try to change the behavior of others, we become triggered, and then get mad, angry or frustrated when they won’t do what we want, or they won’t do it “our way”, and we end up in an unsettled state of mind. This happens because most of us were taught, from a very young age, that we need to look outside of ourselves to find our peace, joy or happiness. When really all that is needed is to go within. For what’s out there, will never lead us to happiness. Or if it does, it will only be temporary.

And then I paused for a moment, before saying or doing anything else, and in that moment, before I reacted to this very BIG NEWS, I remembered what Reiki taught me about the Law of Attraction. I knew that in order for the rest of the world to accept him, that he needed to accept himself FIRST. I also knew that a huge part of him accepting himself started with ME accepting him.

It all begins with an idea.