Plans

Talk about inverted.  This morning I was thinking about the way I try to operate. “Do to others as you would have done to you.”
That really is where I come from.  I know that if I pay out on a mate, I need to be willing to take it to.  It has actually led to some classic lines said that I will never forget and use myself on occasions.
But this morning my thinking was turned around.  I considered what if I saw others as myself.  I guess it is not so far fetched when I think that it can be like I am two people.  My internal dialogue aspires to and sometimes achieves the best and there is another side to me.  The wanting something that can seem beyond my reach side.  The falling short and failing side.  That side of me can give me a hard time.
Yet I would not give others a hard time, so if I see a side of me as others, why should I give myself a hard time?
I battle with putting myself down - making condemnation my companion.  Yet I would not want that for another, so why should I give it to myself?  It is not a denying of reality.  Spend some time with me and you know I leave something to be desired.  Yet that is not all there is to me.  There is another side.  A side that aspires to the best for me and others. 
Things may look different, but there is work going on behind the scenes.  Sometimes there is a glimpse of what is being built.  Sometimes all that is seen is a messy construction site.  But a look at the plans shows what is in store.  It is worth the temporary mess.
Why should I give myself a hard time for being a messy construction site?  Follow that through and there is a down tools.  On my regular drive there were a couple of mansions that had been abandoned before being finished.  That to me is not the way it is supposed to be.  There may have been a number of reasons that happened, but for me there is never a reason for giving up.
Certainly things can get hard and I can wonder why, but the plans show the finished product.  If that is what I want, then hard things may be an obstacle but not a stop sign.  The hard bits may involve blood, sweat and tears but the plans show they are worth it.
Do to others as you would be done by.  Others are working on their own set of plans.  I want them to realize their good dreams.  If I treat myself as an “other,” that is what I want for me to.  The plans show the finished product, and it is not a half-finished building.