It is a blindness to the beauty, with a clarity on the flaws
It is the impulse to manipulate for what’s already been freely given
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It is the urge to compete with those who are dearest to us
It is the voice that taunts us from behind the mirror
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It is the compulsion to tear people down to what we unconsciously perceive to be our level
It is the willingness to trade our values for the approval of others
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It is the frequency that muffles every compliment, while amplifying the slightest criticism
It is the apprehension to speak for fear of sounding stupid
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It is the drive to control what was never ours to govern
It is the tendency to exaggerate our accomplishments, while denying our weaknesses
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It is the fear that if they really knew us, they wouldn’t love us
It is the unspoken sense that it would be better if we were someone else
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It is ultimately an identity thief
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Its name is insecurity
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Thought for the Day – Us and Them
Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Social / Political, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged boycott, brothers, capitalism, conservatives, Donald Trump, hate, haters, liberals, mock, Nancy Pelosi, poisonous atmosphere, protest, religion, socialism, taunt, worldview on February 5, 2019| Leave a Comment »
The proverbial “We” or “Us” (i.e. people who share our values/worldview) have a tendency to put our hate in a different category than the hate spread by the proverbial “Them” (i.e. people who don’t share our values/worldview). We see “Them” as haters, and view their hate as toxic. While we consider our brand of hate as being justified, and maybe even virtuous. Whether it is a hatred of Donald Trump, or Nancy Pelosi, of religion, or godlessness, of Socialism, or Capitalism, of Conservatives or Liberals or any one of the million other things we choose to hate, it all mixes together to create the same poisonous atmosphere. Martin Luther King Jr. observed that, “Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that”. We won’t get better as a society by continuing to berate, mock, taunt, protest, boycott, slander, threaten and attack each other. As Dr. King rightly concluded, “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”
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