The Illusion of Being Lovable
The Illusion of Being Lovable Friday after Ash Wednesday – February 28, 2020 Being lovable – the kind of person who will be loved – takes immense energy and attention. Humans of all cultures and races spend themselves on that which will cause them to be worthy of love in their particular context. The radical notion of grace and God is that we are loved just as we are. We cannot do anything to be loved more. We cannot do anything to be loved less. This notion is radical because it is a complete game-changer. If we could integrate this truth, letting it seep deep into our beings, we would cease playing so many of the self-referenced games we engage in moment by moment . . . the attention-getting games . . . the games in which we must pretty-up both our exterior (physical appearance) and our interior (secret and hidden) world . . . our fears of being unnoticed and underappreciated. Again, read what Beatrice Bruteau wrote about loving and being lovable: All this means three int...