I had a thought a few days ago:

Just look at people with love

That was it.  Perhaps it’s the secret of the universe.  Even though my days seem complex … with their tasks and thoughts and feelings, what if it was simple?

My looking into people’s faces includes folks I pass on the street.  The gaze there is rarely mutual, and that’s fine.

But mostly I’m talking about face-to-face.  In my better moments, my Spirit is going towards the other person, falling into their eyes.  But I sure have a lot of other moments!

I forget.  I start thinking “How am I doing?”  I really should pay attention to my facial anatomy: The eyes are designed to face outward, not inward.  I want to follow suit.

When the love disappears from my eyes to yours, I simply need to return, not beat myself up about the absence.  I’ve been on many meditation retreats where the teachers said the same thing.  As you sit in meditation, notice when thoughts have taken over, and then go back to your breath.  No judgment.

I woke up this morning critical of this, that and the other thing about myself, all versions of “I’m bad.”  Oh well.  Back to the faces of human beings.