I’m not talking about taller or a
bigger person in stature. I’m speaking of a bigger person in heart, in
compassion, and in integrity. Humans are complicated. What motivates us and
makes us tick is very different for each person. And when it comes to
relationships— forget about it! The
complicated idiosyncrasies that make relationships work and not work are so
beyond understanding and discussing on a blog that I’m not even going to try to
go in depth. I’m merely putting out there that there always need to be a bigger
person.
A bigger person to let an argument
go. Or to forgive. Or maybe even a bigger person to forgive when there isn’t
even an apology offered. We sometimes have blinders on when it comes to our own
feelings and needs. In some relationships the bigger person is always the
BIGGER person and that’s what keeps the relationship going. In other
relationships, perhaps it’s a matter of the season and it could change
depending on the circumstances the people and the particular relationship finds
itself. No matter which person you identify with right now (aren’t we all
saying we’re the bigger personJ ) somewhere down the road there will be someone in
one of your relationships that becomes the BIGGER person. We have that human
ability to let our selfishness dreadfully shine through, but thankfully, we as
humans, have just the same capacity to become the BIGGER person. Don’t read my
words wrong . . . don’t be a push over and let someone walk all over you, but
giving grace to another human is an act that you won’t regret. Because you
never know when you might need a little grace yourself.
