Toss Me a Topic
By Leslie Sann
Look only for the good and leave the rest to God.
—John-Roger
Life is difficult.
Human beings are ridiculous.
I am one of them.
One day I was practicing John-Roger’s teaching to look only for the good and leave the rest to God. I called my mother determined to be present and find the good in her.
Suddenly I saw it.
“Mom, you’re amazing.”
“What?”
“Truly, Mom, you are a Master.”
“What? Tell me.”
“Mom, you could complain about anything.”
(Long pause.)
“You’re right.
Toss me a topic.”
Turns out it runs in the family.
Her sister, sourced from the same gene pool, is also an expert.
One day I said to her, “Gladys, you sure do complain a lot.”
Her reply:
“What else would I talk about?”
Sometimes looking for the good is seeing what’s there and seeing that it’s good.
When you look, what do you see?
(And while we’re looking, let’s laugh.)
Smiling with You,