Detachment

It is important to know when it is time to detach. Without that, constant Grace will be forever out of reach.

Often, I take people and situations much too personally. I get worked up about them when they challenge my views and beliefs. They trip me up, I lose my balance and I react. If I'm on top of my game, I'll remember to breathe and let go of whatever it was that snagged me. If not, I'll slump into shame because I knew better than to be agitated by something so small. It really didn't matter.

Life is too precious to allow people and situations that really aren't important to poison my existence. Even for a moment.

Grace is finding and maintaining the peace within one's own heart and in believing in one's inherent goodness.