Do not answer this question, realize it.
2007-12-28 11:06:52 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
No, I'm sorry, but I don't REMOTELY love everyone on this planet, and I'm not going to sit here and say that I do. I respect others, and hope to always treat others well, but to "love" that many people is a ridiculous idea, in my opinion.
2007-12-28 11:14:36 · answer #1 · answered by Dances with Unicorns 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am here to get this right, then I get to go home.
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
2007-12-28 19:19:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I can say yes! And not only for one minute. If I can love my family, if I can love my friends, if I can love my neighbors, I love the hobos, anyone...When we have a good heart and we fill it with love, we realize that everybody is just like me:: in different ways. All people are part of love! The mirror is a reflection of people and they are me! And I am them. For love, we have to drop the judgment, the hate, the differences in others have to be seen in a different way. As long as we dislike and refuse love to some or many people, we suffer under misunderstanding; the hate is a bad feeling inside and makes us suffer. We can dislike certain aspects in someone, but love still: remains...
2007-12-28 20:21:48 · answer #3 · answered by kayneriend 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm going to answer because I want to.
No. I actually consider humans the worst animal in the planet. We all suck. We hate each other, we are territorials (with family, possessions, etc). We envy, we are selfish and apathetic. We really suck! I have tried to think the opposite, but I always get shafted. So what do we do? Do we all make a promise that we are all gonna love each other? Because one loving and 100 hating... that is not fair! The one that loves has all the possibilities to lose and be stepped on.
The rest of the animals are fine.
2007-12-28 19:20:21 · answer #4 · answered by Luciferase 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Your question is foolishness. Nobody loves everybody and if they say they do then they are a liar. Climb down off your bong take a deep breath of fresh air and realize the truth.
And the truth is.....That we are all separate, individual, alone. You may share your time with others but in the end it is and always will be only you.
2007-12-28 20:27:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Sorry. Maybe for a split second when I have a momentary lapse of judgment then I remember cruel people, deceptive and evil people who take advantage of those who are the least able to help themselves.
There are many people who god ought to smite down and get rid of, those who lull people into a state of trustingness and relaxation and POW, steal everything they have, damage their meager possessions and make them lose faith in good men and the good earth.
2007-12-29 04:09:51 · answer #6 · answered by QuiteNewHere 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think people tend to throw the word "love" around as carelessly as they do the word "hate." Both have become very watered down and do not seem to have the same impact they once did.
To answer, even though you said not to...
No, I cannot because I do not. There are only a couple of people who I can say I truly love. The rest I tolerate. ;)
2007-12-28 19:32:49 · answer #7 · answered by Trina™ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think I hate more people than I love or even like for that matter. Most people are disgusting and have no purpose. Especially stupid people. They really bother me. Dogs I like.
2007-12-28 19:16:32 · answer #8 · answered by Doctor Foo 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No...
It's just not true...
I absolutely dislove a lot of people.
Yep
But other than that
I HEART EVERYONE.
Peace out
Peacelove&&Rockingon
2007-12-28 19:10:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i do..setting aside all grudges and what nots, so why not?
2007-12-28 19:28:56 · answer #10 · answered by oscar c 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋