let go....

The obstacle to unity is prejudice and the Gospel of Mt 13:55 speaks clearly against it.

Prejudice is a mind-set that tells us, "I know where this person came from. I know who this person is and where he is going."

It is easy to put people in Boxes. As a matter of fact, we also put our own selves in in our own boxes.

Prejudice is easy to recognize. For instance, we may be prejudiced against the dirty, the foul-smelling, the dark-coplexioned, the sick.

We may be prejudiced against the Muslims or Buddhists, Caucasians or Eurasians, Mormons or Seventh-day Adventists.

Prejudice can be biased. Is it not true that there are some people we feel so uneasy around? For no reason at all, we just do not like their presence. We just can't stand being near them. Without any explanation, our blood pressure and temper starts to boil, in a manner of speaking, when we see them. That is how prejudice gives us biases.

Prejudice also affect our relationship with ourselves.
For instance, when we were children, a person we respected and loved may have told us, "You are good-for-nothing spoiled brat." We grew up with that remark, with that bias against ourselves, that indeed, we are good for nothing.

Our parents may have told us when we were children, we would never succeed and that negative thought stuck in our minds all these years.

We then carry that prejudice against ourselves in our school, office, community, in our own family. We think we cannot succeed, we can never be happy, we can never make it in life.

But life is beautiful and life can even be more beautiful if we LET GO of the limitations we have set upon ourselves... If we let go of our own Prejudices.... If we let go of negative thoughts and biases.

There is a miracle waiting for us- but only if we LET GO....

Have a blessed weekend to all of you....