A long time ago I thought that love was something that you reserved for some special set of people that you had judged worthy of it.
After a while I got to thinking about what Jesus had said about turning the other cheek and loving our neighbor I put the two together and realized that he had made no exceptions in these statements. It became obvious to me that he intended that we exclude no one from the love that we are supposed to be giving. I started thinking about my idea of love and suddenly realized that I had not been loving anyone at all. I had simply been judging everyone and every thing.
Judging someone worthy of love is not love, it is only judgment. I actually started to cry when I realized this. I saw just how much of my life I had wasted being judgmental, thinking of myself as a Christian, when I was actually doing just the opposite of what Jesus had asked us to do.
I thought about the verse judge not lest ye be judged, and I understood it for the first time.
I realized that I have a lot of catching up to do. So many opportunities were wasted. I now try to apply the love that I have for the world in a universal way like Jesus asks us to do.
If I start to feel afraid and think that I see someone that I should not love because of something I have thought or heard I try to catch my mistake as soon as possible. I tell myself that I have forgot the truth and have fallen for the same old trick that had cost me so many opportunities to be loving in the past. The horror of this realization is often all that is necessary to bring me back to my senses and make me drop the judgmental nonsense I was thinking.
I still have a lot to learn about love, but at least I’m making progress.
Love and blessings
Your brother
don
2007-09-12 14:34:16
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answered by Anonymous
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After a question like? Nothing. Worth keeping, yes, sharing at this time, no.
The Will is positive, the Judgment is negative. Negative in, negative out. There, was that worth sharing in your estimation?
2007-09-12 14:39:14
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answered by Psyengine 7
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Not to remain static and to embrace personal reinvention
on a regular basis. When you've learned all you can on
one level, bump it up to the next and on and on. Keep
your sense of humor, the love in your heart, but learn
to let go of the past and greet your new future with
optimism and excitement.
2007-09-12 15:51:21
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answer #3
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answered by ? 6
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Plenty of things. I made a really great rap music video for my English project, for starters. And it was on Walt Whitman. Everyone I have shown it to found it awesome and catchy. I think I am going to get an A+
2016-05-18 01:49:31
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answered by ? 3
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Listen to 'Don H' The Word of God and the Word of Jesus Christ and the Love that we are suposed to share is the Only important thing you or anyone should be thinking of sharing.
2007-09-12 14:40:14
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answered by truthbetold 1
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why i am glad you asked, i have seen the future and i will tell you it.
white... yes all white.... all people wear white clothing... all white pants, white shirts, white shoes, white eyebrows, and white hair. not even designed any dirfferently, everything is exactly the same. every single room on the planet is white. all the grass is dead from global warming, so you have some brown on the planet. but mostly everyone lives indoors and watches television allday everyday, and takes anti-depressants.
nobody even speaks, nobody goes to school (the tv provides all the education you need), every room is dead silent, as most of the world is ""because most of the animals have died and every bodies brains are fried"" by anti-depressants. everybody thinks about conversating but lose their train of thought within milliseconds as too many thoughts pass by to firmly grasp any of them.
""nobody see's the outdoors except on television screen's and everybody die's without a dream""
no body has short or long-term memory. every body is silent and watches only one 10 second long program on television that replay's over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over. oh yes there is two different channels to choose from, and when you change it there is a 3 second long action or romance scene... then right back to the 10 second program 3 seconds from where you left off....
ahh the bright future... very bright white, very dull and silent...
2007-09-12 14:33:54
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answered by Anonymous
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I know that life is what you make it. If you make bad decisions, your life is going to be hard. Good decisions, well then, peace of mind and a positive outlook prevail. Don't expect anything and you'll never be disappointed.
2007-09-12 14:36:24
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answered by Funny Girl 4
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No matter how much you love someone, if they can't learn to love you back, you'll never be together....sorry just went through a rough break up.
2007-09-12 14:35:44
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answered by bananas4breakfast14 2
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Love.
2007-09-12 14:33:25
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answered by Yulik MahBaht 4
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The greatest luxury is ethics.
2007-09-12 14:33:41
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answered by The Instigator 5
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