Tag: The Mastery of Love
Shy
“Shy” is one of the first English wors that you will learn in a English language course. Cambridge dictionary defines it as “uncomfortable with other people and unwilling to talk to them”. On “The Mastery of Love”, Don Miguel Ruiz wrote
But if you are not so lucky, the domestication can be so strong and the wounds so deep, that you can even be afraid to speak. The result is, “Oh, I am shy” Shyness is the fear of expressing yourself. You may believe you don’t know how to dance or how to sing, but this is just repression of the normal human instinct to express love.
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Not Sorry
In the past few days I had read a couple of books. In “The Mastery of Love” by Don Miguel Ruiz I found
Love is ruthless, it doesn’t feel sorry for anyone, but it does have compassion. Fear is full of pity; it feels sorry for everyone. You feel sorry for me when you don’t respect me, when you don’t think I am strong enough to make it. On the other hand, love respects. I love you; I know you can make it. I know you are strong enough, intelligent enough, good enough that you can make your own choices. I don’t have to make your choices for you. You can make it. If you fail, I can gve you my hand, I can help you to stand up. I can say, “You can do it, go ahead.” That is compassion, but it is not the same as feeling sorry. Compassion comes from respect and from love, feeling sorry comes from a lack of respect and from fear.
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