I See All Those I Love With Brand New Eyes

The relationship we have with our loved ones can be complicated because of the amount of history we share with them. At times it is all too easy to bring this history to every interaction.

Today we are going to tap to see our loved ones with new eyes, knowing they are not (and we are not) only our past.

I see all those I love with brand new eyes.
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My life is filled with people I love…My life is filled with people I care about…And they are far from perfect…The way that I am far from perfect…And I recognize the fact…That because of our long history together…It’s really easy for me…To put them into a box…To expect they’re going to act the same way all the time…In the same way…I know that I have changed…And I want my loved ones to recognize my transformation…To acknowledge the work that I’ve done…To appreciate the healing I’ve gone through…And at the exact same time…I need to recognize the fact that they have done the same…That they have been transformed…That they have experienced new things…That they act in new ways…Even though I’ve known them for so long…I give myself permission…To see and understand my loved ones in new ways…To appreciate what they have been through since I’ve known them…And to acknowledge what they have become…I’m not throwing out our history…I’m not throwing out our past…But I’m seeing them for who they are…And what they are…I give myself permission…To have my vision…Catch up with their experience…To have my vision…Catch up with who they are…Today I choose to see my loved ones with new eyes…Allowing myself to see who they are…And not who they once were.