"Our effort should be directed toward enlarging the area of good." Suzuki Roshi
When I read this quote I was struck by its simplicity and depth. Knowing that we are all sinners, our continued focus on the bad, only succeeds in keeping us down. Yet when we seek to know the good, we move past that which would keep us separate from others. As I enlarge the good in my life, I realize that I cannot focus on the bad. The issues of others and their effect on me lessens. The bad exists, yet it shouldn't be the goal to which I reach. I am called by God to push toward the good, toward the best part of me that reaches for the best part of you.
This push to enlarge the good forces me to check myself when I would judge another. It forces me to relinquish control, to breath in Peace and exhale chaos.
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