innocence

It is so easy to look at a baby and see an innocent child of God. But something happens after, oh, 50 years or so, that turns our perception of a person's innocence into a big body bag of guilt. This is interesting because when someone our own age or so does something obnoxious we immediately go to blame. "What an obnoxious jerk!" we think, forgetting that people are usually at their worst in the areas of their wounds. If someone hurt a baby, we would be outraged. But as adults we hurt each other all the time without thought. Yet we are all still the same innocent child of God as we were when we were born. Why? Because God forgives every mistake or misstep. All we have to do is accept the atonement for ourselves and forgive everybody else at the same time. Yes we may have to do this several times a day. And at least every morning and every night, yet clearing our minds of the guilt in others is a habit that we can attain. Not perfectly all the time by any means. But still, enough so that we don't take our anger out on others most of the time. Anger is a warning sign that the ego's buttons have been pushed usually in the spot of our own wounds. Take the time to see others as innocent children of God. It helps.