Loving-Kindness

Practicing loving-kindness I found that it brought peace and a quietness to my mind that was very nice. It was nice to give myself the time to calm my thoughts. On Sunday I lost my job. There was no real reason for this. The boss had said that I was a great person and employee. He had also said that I had made improvements but it just wasn't enough for what he needed. I was fine with this but it was the way he went about doing it that really pissed me off, excuse my language. I had worked for him for over 4 1/2 years and was always there when I needed to be. I worked very hard and did the best job that I could. I had no idea that this was coming. There was no warning at all. He had rehired the person that was there before me without me knowing and just told me I was done. I understand that he is running a business and that he needs to do the best for his business but he could have talked to me, asked me to step down and go back to cashiering. I was loyal and worked hard yet he let me go in a way that made me feel like I had done something wrong. He even said that I had not, I just didn't do the job to his expectations. He was very underhanded and sneaky. We had a pretty good employee/boss relationship. We talked a lot and shared stories everyday. After this happened, I had a hard time with this exercise when channeling my thoughts towards him. My feelings had been hurt and he treated it in the wrong manner in my opinion. Others felt the same way. Everybody else felt the same way. So working this exercise was a challenge for me. I am going to continue practicing loving-kindness in hopes that it will help me to get through these feelings that I am going through.