Really, it's been a week.
Truthfully, it's been a year.
Whatever that means - I am trying to proceed. To survive. To flourish.
I am trying
to love
to be joyful
to be kind
to be accepting
to be encouraging
to be everything that I want to receive.
That - I have realized - is the only way to live life.
To be what you want to receive.
Mahatma Gandhi said - "be the change you wish to see in the world"
The Christian Bible says in Luke 6:31 - And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.
Vedic Indian tradition: "Don't do unto others what you don't want done unto you; wish for others what you wish for yourself".
Book of Tobias (Judaism) “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”.
Mahabharata: (Hinduism) "Do nothing unto others which would cause you pain if done to you".
All of these concepts are in absolute agreement. Live your life, behave unto others, as you would like to receive. I absolutely love and work to adhere to this concept. It is not a matter of what religion is right. It is not a matter of you versus me.
It is a matter of humanity.
Example: Friday morning, on the way to work, I was chatting with my husband on the pone about Christmas gifts and our Christmas celebration plans.
side note - I have Kamala and Kamala/Walz stickers on my car
A man, white, and in his 40s-50s, pulled up beside me. He was to the right of me, and he slowed down to drive along side me. Window down, arm outstretched, flipping me off - he shouted (to my closed window) "HAHA!!!! SHE LOST!!!!"
This person, literally, took time out of his day, to be mean and ugly. He made an effort. He extended energy. He used his valuable life on this earth - TO BE MEAN. TO BE UGLY. TO BE HATEFUL.
This moment impacted me. I was caught off guard. I was talking to my husband about what gifts would be thoughtful.
I was NOT sitting in hate.
I was NOT sitting in UGLY.
I was NOT in a dark place.
Yet someone, felt in necessary to attack me. For NO OTHER REASON than that I voted for someone else.
I DO NOT troll people who don't agree with me.
I DO NOT love any less, those who disagree with me.
I DO NOT believe my life is more valuable than others.
You want to know me? What I believe?
LOVE is more powerful than hate.
JOY is more powerful than hate.
PEACE is more powerful than hate.
I will always side with LOVE, JOY and PEACE.
If those traits are not on your heart - than we are at an impasse. I can work with anyone who lives in love. I can relate to anyone who lives in joy. I can work with anyone who just wants to bring peace.
What I cannot work with, what I cannot tolerate, is anything less.
So come at me with your life's issues. Come at me with your struggles, your trials, your anything. Come at me - and let's work through it.
But NEVER. NEVER come at me with your hate.
I will actively choose to NOT RECEIVE YOU OR YOUR HATE.
What will you choose for your life today?
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