Monday; January 19

Sixty years ago, our nation was facing a divide that threatened to tear us apart – imagine that!  Of course, when you think about it, the 1960s weren’t too different from the rest of our history were they.  When we consider the 2020s and then compare it back to the 1860s, we have had a continual problem with social responsibilities, haven’t we!  One of the worse parts about these conflicts is that we are making life way more difficult than it needs to be.  The truth of the matter is that it is much easier to love than it is to hate.  Now, that might sound backwards, but think about it – to hate, we must continually keep score … we must keep fanning an internal emotional flame … we must find new and worse ways of displaying contempt to others.  When we love one another all we have to do is … well, just love one another. 

Several years ago, Martin Luther King observed, “I have decided to stick with love.  Hate is too great a burden to bear.”.  Not only is it a harder lifestyle, but it also has a more dangerous outcome.  When we live in hate we can abuse others; but we also tend to sour the generations that follow us.  They perpetuate our prejudices and keep the irrational beliefs alive.

Are we growing weary of being sick and tired of our society’s ills?  Let’s just choose love and take the easy way out!

Think About It!

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