{"id":39,"date":"2014-07-01T13:26:58","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T13:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themovementofhealing.com\/?p=39"},"modified":"2015-08-10T16:21:28","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T16:21:28","slug":"the-epitome-of-humility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.themovementofhealing.com\/?p=39","title":{"rendered":"The Epitome of Humility"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Reminders From Ghandi<\/em><\/h3>\n

As innovative ideas for reforming our legal system are heralded, featured in the NY Times and win grants and awards, I both celebrate that we are finally looking at a more compassionate way to resolve conflict and want to childishly shout, “I told you so!”<\/p>\n

My ego steps up with anger that those in power during my years on the bench didn\u2019t listen when I proposed many of the same ideas. A chief judge once told me \u201cIf the idea doesn\u2019t come from the Court Adminstrator\u2019s own head, it\u2019s suspect.\u201d<\/p>\n

I also can feel an urge to compete with those who are being applauded. I want to be the one who designs the \u201cbest\u201d program.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, at those times, another part of me recalls Ghandi saying,<\/p>\n

“I do not claim to have originated any new principle or doctrine. I have simply tried in my own way to apply the eternal truths to our daily life and problems… The opinions I have formed and the conclusions I have arrived at are not final. I may change them tomorrow. I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and nonviolence are as old as the hills.” (from Ghandi: A Spiritual Journey by M.V. Kamath)\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n

There is comfort knowing that truth and non-violence are \u201cas old as the hills.\u201d It\u2019s a relief knowing there is nothing to dig for, nothing to discover, nothing to build. My voice and my experience are no more and no less than others’. When I share my voice and add my perspective to the whole, I remember we are all standing on those old hills now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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