Mayka, The story doesn't end there. Learn to accept the world as it is, too. You're not separate from the world and the world is not separate from you.. or 'me'. From recognising we all share the same Nature comes great Love and Compassion.
Mike ________________________________ From: Maria Lopez <[email protected]> To: Zen Forum <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, 28 February, 2011 18:31:01 Subject: [Zen] Don't Change - By Anthony De Mello Dedicated to all those who accept us just as we are: There is this story by Anthony de Mello I like it very much for its simplicity. I was a neurotic for years. Anxious, depressed, selfish. And everyone kept telling me to chance. And I resented them, and agreed with them, and wanted the change, but simple couldn't. No matter how I tried. What hurt the most was that, like the others, My closest friend kept urging me to change. So, I fell powerless trapped. One day he said: "Don't change, I love you as you are" These words were music to my ears: "Don't change. Don't change. Don't change.... I love you as you are" I relaxed, I come alive. And suddenly, I changed! Now I know that I couldn't really change till I found someone to love me whether I changed or not. I this how you love me, God?
