There’s nothing so cute as a picture of a dog that’s befriended a rabbit, or a moose that is best friends with a cow. It warms the heart to think of love flourishing in unlikely places. But sometimes it is worth celebrating the ways in which we simply manage to peacefully share space with those who are near us: the neighbors or co-workers who we may not enjoy, but who have as much right to the rock as we.
How do you make space for people you don’t care for, or with whom you disagree?
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As an exercise in spiritual virtue, I try to think of positive, virtuous actions performed by people I loathe. I have been able to manage this with Nixon and B. Clinton but am stumped by Bin Laden and J. Edgar Hoover.
TREAT THOSE AS IF THEY ARE YOUR BEST FRIEND OF THE WORLD AND WHATEVER YOU CAN HELP THEM WITH GIVE YOUR ALL TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABLITIES. GOD WILL GIVE YOU REWARDS ON HIGH . FEED YOUR ENEMY FROM YOUR TABLE AND SHOW NO REMORSE OR HATRED. GOD GAVE TO US ALL EVEN THOSE THAT BELEIVE IN OTHER RELIGION HE STILL OFFERED HIS LIFE. SO WHO ARE WE TO DESEGGRAGATE OUR AMMENETIES TO OUR FELLOW PEOPLE.