from ill will to compassion

“The Dalai Lama practices a ‘giving and receiving’ meditation, visualizing sending his enemies happiness, affection, and love, and visualizing receiving their hatred, fear, and cruelty. He does not blame nor judge. He breathes in their poisons and breathes out his compassion, reducing hatred and cultivating forgiveness.”
​– Desmond Tutu, The Book of Forgiveness
Affirmative prayer: Today, I assume a thoughtful, awakened, and gentle heart, freeing myself from the ache of ill will with another. I offer refuge to my rival, transforming their pain into my compassion and forgiveness. This is a restoration of all good. Amen.