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currently there is a lot of irresponsible & harmful rhetoric about going to war, retribution, & vengeance – & some from people who claim to follow Jesus no less. disappointing & dangerous. 

it can be quite easy to get caught up in group think & emotions (especially when we aren’t working with transforming our emotions & have unprocessed rage), but we don’t have to go down such a path. each of us, can make a choice to anchor ourselves in open-heartedness, warmth, tenderness, & offer that love to others without exclusion. offering our love to others, does not mean that we have to like them or agree with them, it simply means we wish for them to be at ease and have happiness, to be safe & free from suffering. why wouldn’t we wish this? if hurt people hurt people, as the saying goes, then why wouldn’t we wish people to not hurt? we all benefit! ultimately love is not a feeling as much as it is a choice, a vow we can make. no matter the situation, we maintain our freedom & our autonomy to make such a choice. if we are serious about this & about our role in this life, on this earth, then no outside circumstances can move us from this vow. love is not only a valid & beneficial choice in these situations, ultimately it is the only valid & beneficial choice if we wish to survive & honor the sacredness of life.

~j

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