We always have a choice

We always have a choice

09.24.05 (5:54 pm)   [edit]
We always have a choice,
our actions have roots
that grow in the darkness,
that we can easily hide from ourselves;
that take root,
and one day blossom,
either good fruit,
or bad,
sweet, or bitter,
that either add to life
or take from it,
we either give, or take,
love, or hate,
we are either moving forward
no matter how slowly,
or sliding back,
but no standing still is possible.
We either becomes monsters,
or things of beauty, when it is all said and done,
each is known only by God.
We are told not to judge
for good reason
since we tend to see what we hate in others;
condemnation is then self-judgment.
Self knowledge will take away the compulsion to judge,
to compare, weigh, and find wanting,
since we can't stand to see our own reflection.
Others do not have to carry what we ourselves hate.
Love of self,
leads to a lightness of being,
an overflowing heart,
that heals, and does not wound.
A loving heart,
a sign in the world
of God's own love
in miniature.