We are capable of hating each other. That should stop us in our tracks. Sit us down. Stupefy us. Dumbfound us. Bring us to our senses. But we don’t miss a beat. We go right on about our life as though nothing happened. Yet, we are capable of hating each other. Over nothing. The color of our skin. Our accent. Our place of origin. The stupidest things. Our favorite football team. Our capacity for hatred takes every step we take. Goes with us wherever we go. How do we reconcile ourselves with that? With our capacity for hatred? We don’t reconcile ourselves with it. We ignore it. Deny it. Pretend it is not so. It is so. And coming to terms with this truth about ourselves is essential to our awakening, our awareness, our realization, our knowing who we are and what we are capable of, that we might grow up, slow down, pay attention and allow kindness and compassion to take the lead in determining how we respond to life as it unfolds around us day by day.
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