Keith JonesOctober 25, 2015

Today is my brother Kevin’s birthday. He’s 9 months younger than me. He has loved me unconditionally since day one. Growing up I was not the best brother to him. Filled with blame and anger toward my step father (his biological father), I projected my feelings onto Kevin. My energy towards him was not always loving. Instead it was a lot of impatience and judgment. Despite the way I treated him, he sent love my way.
It took a lot of personal work, the personal development seminar Landmark and accepting/loving myself (flaws and all) to get to the root of why I judged Kevin and others. The work paid off. I have no ill will toward anyone now. I love my brother.

These days he struggles with staying on his path and loving himself in a healthy way. I have love and empathy for him. He will always be the brother who loved me no matter how I showed up for him.

What I am present to is that this peaceful, loving place I am can change in a instant if I don’t stay focused and on purpose. The negative self talk never goes away. The moment I stop my daily practice, it returns accompanied by judgment, blame, shame, guilt and victimhood. Loving myself and those in my life is too important for me to let that happen. I am all in! Love yourself and others completely and unconditionally.

Keith