“JUST BE WHAT YOU ARE,
REGARDLESS OF WHAT OTHERS SAY OR DO TO YOU.”
This was the thought that came to me that gave me the
spirit of EQUANIMITY when someone belittled me and simply ignored an authority
given to me.
EQUANIMITY,
according to Webster’s Dictionary, is an evenness of mind, especially
under stress, a right disposition, a balance.
This, I believe, is what I should strive to maintain under all
circumstances which in one way or
another try to harm or destroy the
dignity of my BEING, that God in His
infinite Goodness has bestowed on me.
Since God is the very source of my being, I must be someone that nobody can destroy, for as long as I remain in the creative power
of my Creator. This is what I am, and
this is how I should consider myself, regardless of what others may say or do
to me.
Our Christian Faith tells us, however, that there is one
thing that can alienate any one’s being from God, and that is called “MORTAL SIN”. God, in creating man, has given him the gift
of Freedom, to enable him to respond positively to God’s love. When man, however, uses this gift to deny or
ignore God’s love, he alienates himself from God, and thus commits SIN. Since God does not force anyone to love
Him, He simply will let go those who
believe they can live without God. This
separation from God is actually the greatest harm that can happen to a human
being, because somehow he loses his
equanimity, his evenness of mind, his
right disposition to the Creator who brought him into existence.
To be what I am, therefore, means that I should always
see the Goodness that God has bestowed on me out of love and should not be
disturbed by anything or anybody that may want to do harm or destroy me,
because as long as God is with me I am indestructible. The only thing that I should be afraid of and
which I should avoid by all means is “MORTAL SIN”, because this is the only
thing that can separate me from God – a separation that can cause my own
destruction – destroying my equanimity – the right disposition to God, my
Creator.
December 11, 2011
