
GENTLENESS & JOY: 10 Traits of the Spiritually Advanced (part 3 of 6)
Exploring A Course in Miracles
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The Power of Gentleness
I think that there's a lot of power that can be more effective than being harmful and being harsh. And I found that just cultivated in me a whole way of being that felt really good. If you are gentle enough to be someone in whom others can rest your relationships do tend to stay more intact, which makes you happier as a result. The beginning of the joy section says joy is the inevitable result of gentleness. So here we have that idea of one trait building on another again. But what's also interesting when it comes to joy is that we tend to think that joy is a fleeting emotion like it comes and it goes but in the course joy is a character trait.
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