I am often curious about why people are mean to each other. I usually think the most about it when I experience my own encounter. The worst is the person who doesn't know me, has no desire to get to know me but hates me anyway. I don't get it. They say the reason that it's so hard to have peace on earth is because peace is harder than war. I think that I agree with that. To not connect with me is allot easier than it would be to get to know me. To know someone is to spend time with them. You've got to find out where they're from, whether they had parents and if their parents loved them. Do they have siblings, uncle, aunts, and did those people treat them with respect or were they abused and bruised. I am extremely curious about mean people because what I know for sure is that somewhere in their journey, they were bruised and it hasn't healed. So my prayer is that all the bruised people of the world be fully restored and know the love and healing that only comes from knowing a loving GOD.
Peace-Over and Out
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Hey there, my sista from anotha mista!! Of course, as always, you pinned my thoughts down again with your eloquence! Reading your thoughts helps me not feel so alone in mine. I too, often think: that person must have acted "all a fool" ;) due to some underlying issues. Sure, in the heat of a confrontation it is easy to chalk it up to stupidity or malice, but when we are honest with ourselves and our humanity we come up with the truth - there are certainly experiences, wounds or unresovled trauma behind all of that meanness. I was just telling my friend today how I like to break out the: it takes more effort to frown than to smile. Interestingly, there is no one word for frown in German. hmmmmm....
ReplyDeleteI hope that you never feel alone. I believe that all that I've experienced and still have yet to experience is not new. Through this context, I feel more courageous about sharing and for me what comes from this is freedom, and weights lifted. I think that the notion that I am the only one who's experiences a thing creates the perfect set up for isolation. I am ok to be alone sometimes but I refuse to be lonely.
ReplyDeleteaunt debbie,
ReplyDeletei so enjoy reading your blog. this one was particularly touching to me. sometimes it is really hard to get past your own hurt feelings and look at the bruises there must be in the one that has hurt you. such a worthwhile perspective though.
i join you in your prayer for restoration, love and healing for the bruised and broken. He is faithful, and He is able.
b