“When I was a little boy, I remember one day
in particular when mom made breakfast food for dinner.
She must have been very tired. My mom placed
a plate of egg and some burned toast in front of my dad. I remember waiting to
see if anyone noticed.
Yet all my dad did was, he reached for his toast, smiled at my mom, and asked me if I was ready for school the next day. I don’t remember what I replied, but I do remember watching him smear butter and jam on that toast and eat every bit of it!
Yet all my dad did was, he reached for his toast, smiled at my mom, and asked me if I was ready for school the next day. I don’t remember what I replied, but I do remember watching him smear butter and jam on that toast and eat every bit of it!
When I got up from the table, I remember hearing my
mom apologize to my dad for burning the toast. And I’ll never forget what he
said: ‘Baby, I love burned toast.’
Later that night, I went to kiss Daddy and I asked him if he really liked his toast burned. He wrapped me in his arms and said, ‘Your Momma works hard day after day and she’s real tired. And besides a little burnt toast never hurt anyone!’ You know, Life is full of imperfect things…..and imperfect people…I am not perfect either!’”
Later that night, I went to kiss Daddy and I asked him if he really liked his toast burned. He wrapped me in his arms and said, ‘Your Momma works hard day after day and she’s real tired. And besides a little burnt toast never hurt anyone!’ You know, Life is full of imperfect things…..and imperfect people…I am not perfect either!’”
This story and its lesson have
stayed with me all these years. Burned toast to me is no longer a story. It is
a lesson in loving. And I recall that lesson every time I feel impatient,
temperamental and stagnating in love. It’s very recollection makes me feel free,
loving and gets the positive energy in me flowing for my partner.
Pause for a while this Valentine’s
Day. Think of all the times that you have offered your partner burned toast (metaphorically
that is)__inadvertently, mindlessly, in anger, in despair, in grief or in frustration.
Think of all the times when the burned toast was loved, accepted and relished.
For each of those times, feel grateful for being loved and celebrate that miracle__when
the imperfection in you was accepted, tolerated and forgiven. In feeling grateful
you will feel even more loving.
This then is the way to being a
true Valentine. When you can gift yourself and your partner all the loving in
you, from you!
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| Yoko Ono and John Lennon |
On this Valentine’s Day, let me
gift you John Lennon’s immortal single (originally released in 1970 and then
re-released after his death in 1982) ‘Love’. Follow the link and invoke
the loving in you, and feel loved. You will then connect with the miracle
called Life!
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