You
pass a beggar on the street.  He holds
out a hand and you cringe.  What goes
through your head?  Is it contempt or is
it compassion?  He is learning lessons,
and so are you.  If you give him money,
do you help or hinder him?  If you
withhold your coins, do you help or hinder yourself?  The difference is not in the coins you give,
but in what is in your heart. 

The
beggar will learn lessons whether you give money or not.  He will appreciate you or not.  You perhaps may not be able to give coins to
every beggar, but there is one gift you can give:  a prayer filled with love and thanks that all
will grow whilst here … that all may see the perfection in each being’s present
circumstances as a path toward that growth …that all will see a brighter light
and move inexorably toward it … that all will know how very much they are loved
… that all—including you—will find peace in your heart.  Without peace, all are beggars.

 

Note
from Suzanne:  A woman who attended my
S.O.A.R. workshop told me afterwards that she was going to sit in a mall and
watch people walk by until she could do so without judging everyone at first
sight.  She thought she would be there
for five minutes.  She sat there for an
hour …

I
wanted an image to use with today’s message from Sanaya.  I went to Google just now, clicked “images”
in the upper left corner, then entered “panhandler” in the search box.  Wow. 
What an eye-opener as far as evoking emotions.  I invite you to do the same, then re-read
Sanaya’s message until you can look at those images with peace in your heart.