Today's Thought - July

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July 31

My husband, four children, six grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren are the most important things in my life. I love them all.

~Thelma Elliott

Liking, let alone loving, those closest to us seems elusive at times, because as family, we seldom put on our best face for each other. We express our criticism with ease, but showing and receiving love has often been difficult. Yet coming to really love the members of our family, loving their faults as well as their strengths, will help us love ourselves. And loving ourselves is the primary lesson we are here to learn.

Some of us no longer have contact with our blood relatives, whether due to death, abuse, or other complex family dynamics. However, we all have people we consider family. Time is too fleeting and life too fragile to let our most important companions walk by unnoticed, unappreciated, unloved. Each person will benefit - but, even more important, our spirits will be lifted - each time loving thoughts guide our actions.

I will take time to notice the most important friends I have, my family. Those people most important to me will get my love and kind thoughts today.

Today's reading is from the book A Woman's Spirit: More meditations for Women*