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Adult Christianity
Many people are still living in a first-stage “beat up on myself” mode, as if this is supposed to please God. Unfortunately when you hate or fear yourself, you usually do the same to others—wives, husbands, family, coworkers, and neighbors. In the second half of our spiritual lives, we do not need to prove, assert, or punish ourselves. We can freely and lovingly say “I am who I am.” Of course this grace has been granted after much shadowboxing and recognizing of one’s own failures. Afterwards you know that you are the same as everybody else, and we are all on this human journey together. What you hate in other people is usually unrecognized and hated in yourself first. The only place to start therefore is with utter honesty and humility about yourself, but do not waste any time punishing yourself. That is the work of ego that always wants to judge everything up or down. The soul compassionately sees everything in its wholeness and says “It is what it is.” From that radical acceptance comes real and deep change.
