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Old Mar 05, 2009, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by multipixie9 View Post
i'd like to share one spiritual thing i sometimes do with someone i just can't stand. i make myself pray for them and ask God to bless them and give them whatever they really need to become a success. this is radical, very challenging. however, i've done it for a matter of weeks (you do not have to feel good about someone to pray this prayer, i've prayed it through clenched teeth a number of times) there is spiritual power released when we pray for an "enemy", it OFTEN does good for them; it ALWAYS does good for us. it can set you free from this person. it is a moral victory to have the power to actually pray good for someone who is so unlikeable.
Leslie and the Pixies,

Thank you so much for your post. What you said is all very true. I have to work on changing my thinking. Often when I work with him my mind does go to that negative place saying "I cant deal with him, He is driving me nuts I cant take it" and so on... I really have to work on changing these things.

Also the part you wrote above about prayer is dead on. I am a pagan and in AA and both tell me that is what I am supposed to do. I should be praying for him but have not done so. Again it is my negative thinking that is preventing me from doing so.

I have a lot to learn and do. Thank you very much.

Diana
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