I've had my head in the sand about the recent atrocities in the middle east. I don't understand the fighting and I just want it to end. It was good then to be reminded that there are people who are refusing to play war's game of drawing up sides and dividing people one from another.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/rossalynwarren/jewish-and-arab-people-are-posing-together-in-inspiring-phot?s=mobile
We are persuaded on a daily basis to be divided from other human beings. To compete, to judge, to look down on, to disregard. When we get hurt the temptation is to dismiss or dislike. That's not how I want to live. And so I too refuse to take enemies - those who don't like me, those I offend, those I make mistakes around. I know there are people who don't like me and there's little I can do about how they feel - that's up to them. It takes 2 to be enemies and what I do have control over is how I react. Again and again I will choose love, inspired by others I see choosing to focus on life and on hope, with generosity and gratitude spilling from their eyes.
I believe we all can choose - I refuse to be your enemy, I also refuse to condone war, and I will keep on encouraging you to look for humanity everywhere.
Big love xx
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