Would You Unfriend Me?

There was a man who sent me a friend request on FB about a year ago. He was interested in developing a romantic relationship with me.  I turned it down.  However, I really like his paintings and the notes he put it out there.  I was very impressed by his art, honesty, authenticity, and his dedication to spiritual practice.

He devotes his life to truth and helps other people. I am really interested in getting to know him.  The more I know him, the more I admire his courage to follow his own truth and lead an authentic life.

He was really attracted by my writings and probably my appearance too. After I turned him down, he disappeared for a while, but then he showed up again. He read almost all my posts, and I was happy to have him as a friend.

One day he just disappeared.  And I knew the trigger.  He judged one of my posts. Does it ever happen to you that you judge a person by his/her talks and decide how they are just based on that one piece of information.

Judgement is from the mind.  It actually functions as a death sentence.  You decide that this is how this person is going to be, and there is no way for him/her to change.  But the beautiful thing about life is, it’s full of possibilities.  Everything and everyone is connected.  When you think your flowers are going to bloom, you will care for them regularly and wait for them to thrive; on the contrary; when you decide they are dying and decide to let go, they wither.

Be mindful of your thoughts!

By Suzanne Yang