The other.

Imagine this: You are standing in the kitchen, quietly making your

coffee…when suddenly, something bumps into you. Hard.

Your cup spills. Your shirt is stained.

Your instant reaction?

“Oh, come on! Can’t you watch where you’re going?!”

But now…..imagine something strange

You turn around, and there is no one there.

No one.

Just an open door, a gust of wind, maybe a loose chair that tipped over.

Where does your anger go? It evaporates. Almost instantly, because there

is no one to blame.

Here is the interesting part.

Most of the time, when someone “bumps into us” in life,

with their words, behavior, tone, or attitude,

we think there is someone there actively doing it to us.

But what if…..what we are seeing isn’t a “person attacking us,”

but simply a movement of pain, fear, or confusion passing through a

mind?

A Course in Miracles reminds us of something radical:

You are never upset for the reason you think.

It’s a bit confronting at first , but ultimately incredibly freeing.

Because if the other person isn’t really the cause, then you are not a

victim of what you see.

And suddenly, a space opens up.

Instead of reacting, you can pause.

Instead of defending, you can look again.

Instead of seeing an “attacker,” you might see someone who has temporarily forgotten who they are.

Just like we all do sometimes. It simply means you stop shouting at the wind. And in that moment you feel it…inside: a little more space, a little more peace, a little less need to be right.

And maybe that’s the real miracle.

Not that the world changes, but that you no longer need it to.

With love and light,

G.