There is an amazing video on the Huffington Post website (link will be provided at the end of this post) that beautifully demonstrates unconditional love and acceptance of people are they are, not as we would like them to be. It is so hard to let go of the control - or the thought of control - of making someone fit our expectations and schedule and preferences. The greater challenge is to see someone as they are but to love them in their fullness, remembering that we are all beautiful and wonderful and generally screwed up. It's helpful to pretend that you are a disaster relief chaplain, and you are meeting each of the people you encounter in a day at the worst and most vulnerable and terrible moment of their lives. Through that lens you can offer true companionability in a way that is most meaningful to them. And you can be thankful that others are doing the same for you. We're called to care for each other, and that means as we each are, with all of our innate beauty and somewhat embarrassing warts.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/30/whittington-family-ryland-transgender-son_n_5414718.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
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