Sometimes

Sometimes you don’t need to be told to “get over yourself!” a simple trip to the grocery store reminds you of how blessed you really are. Tonight I roamed kind of aimlessly around the Sultan Center. Looking for things I didn’t really need but just kind of wanted. A kettle for my classroom, a bamboo rack to hold up my earrings and a few more candles. I had picked up some red peppers and was waiting in line to get them weighed. The man at the scale in front of me had just one pear. When the scale printed out that the pear cost 400 fils, he took the sticker from the scale, folded it in half and put the pear back on the shelf.

This man didn’t have a cart full of food, he barely had shoes on his feet. 400 fils, which is about $1.50 Canadian, was too much for a piece of fruit for dinner. I stopped dead in my tracks and just like that got over myself, my worries and my superficial problems.  I walked up to him, handed him a couple KD and told him he had dropped it. He asked me if I was sure and I said, “Yes.” 

Later on I saw him check out one pear, one bag of pita bread and some yogurt. As I left the store he came up to me and said,” God bless you.” I just smiled. He already had. He reminded me to get over myself!  

Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and prejudices and the acceptance of love back in our hearts. Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth. To be consciously aware of it, to experience love in ourselves and others, is the meaning of life.
Meaning does not lie in things. Meaning lies in us. 

-Marianne Williamson-