What You Perceive in Others You Are Strengthening in Yourself

Whenever I would get disappointed or frustrated with someone, I was convinced it had to do with their lack of skill or motivation. Why aren’t they getting this? How can this be so hard? This should have been done by now.Likewise, if I was angry with someone, clearly they did something wrong or inappropriate, and my response was more than justified.It took me a long time to realize that all my negative emotions had absolutely nothing to do with other people. They were simply a screen or mirror onto which I was projecting what was inside of me. It was so subtle, yet so powerful. Because not only was I convinced that other people were responsible for my lack of peace, but each time I projected such thinking, I was reinforcing it in myself.Which brings us to today’s thought from A Course in Miracles, which is this: “What you perceive in others you are strengthening in yourself.”Support the show