Licking the Razor's Edge (2015)

Practical TIP #07 — CHOOSING REVERENCE
“An open Heart shines forth a true Beauty no matter how one appears
or what one wears.” ~ inspired by Anne Roiphe
This final Beauty-Tip is as effective as it is straight-forward. Essentially, to completely
remove your addiction to judging the external appearances of self & others, all that is
required is that you have the humility to “go within” … All that is needed is for you to set
aside your arrogant, fear-based criticisms of everything that “isn’t as it should be”, and
replace them with a deep Gratitude for everything (and everyone) that already IS.
Some folks call this
“praying”, and yet it is
not necessary to believe
in any particular version
of “the Divine” in order
to express a profound
reverence for the
gorgeous Majesty & the
awesome Mystery of
Life (what some folks,
including me, call
“God”). Maybe your
reverence sounds like a
traditional prayer, maybe
it looks like a
meditation, or maybe it
looks & sounds like a
celebration. It doesn’t
really matter what form
your Reverence takes.
It is only important that your “prayer” be based in Humility and soaked in Gratefulness;
that it focus on what you are Appreciating as opposed to what you are judging; that it
removes all comparisons between yourself and others and Sees you ALL as ONE instead.
And whenever we do so — whenever we choose to focus on the Beauty-full instead of
the “boring”, the Unique instead of the “ugly”, and the Nourishing instead of the
“normal”, our self-centered judgments are made to fall away, and all that is left is a
profound Appreciation for everyone and everything around us.
“It is in my power to either serve God or not to serve Him. Serving Him, I add to the
Goodness of the whole world. Not serving Him, I deprive the world of that Good which
was in my power to create – a Power that He gave me at my conception; a Power that is
recharged every time I sit in awe at this most amazing gift of my life; a Power that is
magnified every time I act accordingly.” ~ inspired by Leo Tolstoy
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