Love Your Enemies..
By tinsky
@tinsky (163)
Philippines
October 2, 2009 8:42am CST
love ur enemies. Bless those who curse you, for if u only love those who love u, where is ur reward?
are u into this line?
2 responses
@vannice95 (121)
• Philippines
4 Oct 09
Love your enemies. This is easier said than done because this is unnatural to us humans. Our natural reaction when somebody hurt or harm us is to retaliate, get revenge and let these individuals know exactly what we think of them by getting mad or angry. We get angry because we thought their actions are putting us down or will cause us suffering. Even if this is true, we should not precipitately vector our response to one direction, into getting mad or angry. These individuals who bring us suffering or anger may seem a godsend to be an instrument who will deliver us to the level of transformation and earn the gains of wisdom. This event happens because it's our time and season to discover our true existence. We are called to receive it and give the bearer some compassion and understanding, credit, a gesture of gratitude for doing this for us for they did not have a choice but was only tasked to do it so we would now take the road to wisdom.
You know, it's always hard to ascend but it's always easy to fall down. We are aware that everyone wants to reach the top, and who wouldn't want to? We even attempt to do it in a single leap if we can. And yet our actions ironically are the ones that help us to fall down easily. Just simply ponder on this: it is the people who surround us who will pull us up to the top. Anger and rage not only drive people away but they also take our hopes and dreams too. These people are no other than our enemies.
Indeed, life is full of wonders. Throughout your life experiences, I am sure you've always observed that it is often the antithesis; the unexpected; the bitter feeling; the unintentional act; or the unlikeliest moments that give us a solution to a difficulty, trouble or problem. Just when we believe we are at the darkest comes the greatest light.
Consider this. Who would expect or imagine that the cure for a poisonous snake bite is the poison of that snake itself; that the prevention to get that disease is the vaccination of the bacteria or virus of that disease. Likewise, Graham Bell was deaf but he invented the telephone. Beethoven was also deaf but he was a music genius. The Wright brothers Orville and Wilbur were bicycle mechanics but they invented the airplane. Demosthenes stammers or stutters when speaking but became the greatest orator of his time, and a litany of many others in like manner. Please see realtruestories (http://realtruestories.blogspot.com)
Who would not pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe when these testimonials are against logic, if not a huge discrepancy? Perhaps they are no longer for now because all told they are already right before our eyes. These people and events are phenomena that we should not just be fascinated by their awe-inspiring emergence. They left much to be desired, so, let's dig deeper to find the weightier message. My point is, in this life, what is opposite or contrary to the nature of things and the normal course of events is most likely the one that is the solution; and what is painful and agonizing solution to the situation is the one that usually bring us to things that are bright, and lead us to continue to do what is right.
Love your enemies. This may incite dissonance and disharmony, if not spark ironicism. Maybe, but it's a rich one. It is a quantum leap to comprehending the incomprehensible. Can't you see that in this life, everything has a price for everything gain. Big price big gain, small price small gain, no price no gain.
@Greenerpasture (81)
• Philippines
2 Oct 09
I can love my enemy but the problem is - how is your enemy does he/she love me too? I think that's one of the Golden roles. If that will happen there will be no more war, nations against nation, brothers against brothers, mankind will unite as one there is peace love and freedom to each of us. Its nice to live if this will happen no more fire powers to use against the enemy, no nuclear testing to destroy our nature; we live all in peaceful manner. no more crime, if this will do something by chance the military will be going back to thier families no more war in Iraq and it will be a great gift for them it's nice to live in civilian nature