“But I say to you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you.” Like 6:27
There it is again. Just when I think I may have made some strides toward being a better person I am reminded of this seemingly impossible goal. Anthony DeMello addresses this in The Way To Love and provides some insight. He suggests that when we sense that hate, that anger, that frustration at another, the first question to ask is “What does this irritation tell me about myself?” He suggests that maybe, just maybe, that the other persons “defects” annoy the hell out of me because I have suppressed, yet struggle with, the same ones. He suggests that perhaps, just perhaps, I am expecting another person with different life experiences, a person “programmed” in a different way, to act as I do/expect based on my programming. I am expecting an Apple product to function like a Microsoft product when I hit certain keys, a right-hander to throw the ball left-handed.
It occurs to me... 