2007-10-21 12:43:04 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
How to get the better of chicanery and foul play by gentle and innocuous means.
2007-10-25 03:38:47 · answer #1 · answered by Ishan26 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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
2007-10-21 20:01:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ciera...I start a new job Tuesday, so I'm excited. I'll chat with my lover in an hour, then sleep early, and so, nothing much is on my mind right now.
But thank you for wondering.
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2007-10-21 19:46:06 · answer #3 · answered by AlmondJoey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How to be more optimistic in happy in my life.I also believe its possible ive inherited my mothers depression.Wondering if i studied enough for my south carolina history test tomorrow.and also wondering why south carolina history matters if i hate living there so much and im just waiting until im 18 and can go study philosophy in new york.
2007-10-21 21:35:18 · answer #4 · answered by Beka14 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-10-21 19:50:53 · answer #5 · answered by SuziQ211 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-10-21 19:47:43 · answer #6 · answered by noner 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i want something to happen right now cuz my life's like so boring and no colors at all like there's no meaning in the present......*sigh* i want something unexpected..yet wonderful to happen right now....
2007-10-21 20:02:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
TV and Y! answers!
2007-10-21 21:20:03 · answer #8 · answered by Nothingusefullearnedinschool 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
these new raspberry flavored M&M's. i dont like them too much, but im still eating them.
2007-10-21 20:24:10 · answer #9 · answered by ♪♫Lynn♫♪ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What should my answer be for this question.
2007-10-21 20:49:39 · answer #10 · answered by st4fckr 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋