Mariam was criticized by an acquaintance for not maintaining a relationship which had gone sour.
Mariam had continued to reached out for many years, to meet constant rebuffs and hurtful comments. Now in her mature years, she loved the person, prayed for them, but no longer reached out as before.
Rabbi Jesus soberly told her, "You stopped inviting the hurt."
Sometimes for the sake of your mental health, you need to stop the toxic cycle. You do not need to stop the prayers.
Mariam felt broken at the extent of need she saw around her.
Rabbi Jesus told her, "Be at peace. You cannot fix everything and everyone - but I can."
Listen to God's guidance. Trust in Him. Do what you can, and leave the rest in the Hands of the Almighty.
Justice and healing will come in one form or another.
The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding well.
FreepikA report failed to comprehend actuality of the heavy amount of workload carried by workers. Concerned, Mariam approached the Rabbi.
Rabbi Jesus told her, "The picture being presented is different to the reality on the ground."
Lack of understanding regarding, or diminishment of, overwork may prove impetus to workers to work harder to ensure food and shelter for their dependents. As coping mechanism, this may work for a while.
However, the coping strategy may founder later, as workers become affected. They may progressively become physically and emotionally unable to continue to bear the burden of sustained overwork.
It is prudent not to overburden staff in pursuit of short-term goals at the expense of long-term perspectives.
A peer made a disastrous decision, and chose to project the blame onto Mariam when unpleasant consequences resulted. Thereafter, the individual looked at Mariam with malice. Nonplussed, Mariam turned to the Rabbi.
Rabbi Jesus told her, "It is easier to dislike someone else than to look within and realize you hitched your wagon to the wrong star."
Be careful not to project inadequacies upon another rather than face your turmoil within.
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Mariam knew something to the detriment of another, which would have devastated the lives of younger members of his family if known.
Mariam fretted, and asked the Rabbi, "Should I say something?"
Rabbi Jesus responded gently, "Sometimes too much honesty is a brutal thing."
The following is discernment:
To choose well what to say, as well as when and how to say it. To maintain full transparency as well as heal relationships, without capsizing the familial and societal boat of another.
Let us be honest. Let us also temper honesty with godly mildness, and forebear to destroy others' lives by needless exposure.
In other words, be kind with the Christ-like kindness of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Mariam devotedly assisted with the care of a disabled dependent. The beloved disabled blossomed whenever a family relative made annual visit. On one such occasion, Mariam admitted to the Rabbi, "I feel so inadequate. She is so much better at dealing with him than I am."
Rabbi Jesus asked Mariam, "Who cares for him? Who nurses him? Who cooks for him?"
Mariam answered, "I do."
Rabbi Jesus answered, "The one who does the heavy lifting day in and day out, is the one who deals better with him."
The primary caregiver is the individual who is there at all times for the dependent - not just sporadically.
Someone hijacked Mariam's ideas, and presented them publicly as their own. Rabbi Jesus was amused at her mirth.
Mariam told the Rabbi, "So it's a case of . . . "
Rabbi Jesus answered, "I create, others imitate."
Do we not all create by imitation from the wonders invented by God in Creation?
