Miracle of Love

From Paul Ferrini, Miracle of Love: "When you see another as less than yourself, you are seeing through your fear. And fear, as you know, is blind. No one is less worthy than you, even if that person's behavior toward you is unwarranted and objectionable. His fear makes him act toward you in a belligerent way. Fear in one person tends to invoke fear in another. That is the equation of mutual trespass. "The only way out of the cycle of mutual attack and defense is to see your attacker as he
really is. When you see him as a decent human being who is responding to you out of fear, you can speak and act in a way that will lessen his fear. That means you don't attack back. It means that you allow the person to intimidate you."
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