Love is a wonderful, beautiful, powerful and sometimes sad and tragic thing.
Some people fall in love with one another. Some people fall in love with money. Some people fall in love with their jobs or attention from others. So many people fall in love with themselves and all that they do or believe in. Some people fall in love with God or a belief in a higher being. Some people fall in love with delusions of grandeur, extending acts of terror and of controling others.
I recently read a story of four US military men who had planned to assassinate President Obama, as well as commit additional domestic acts of terrorism and murder, including stockpiling munitions, and poisoning a water supply to kill or injure thousands. It is ironic that these men, who were trained to defend their own nation against the actions of foreign terrorists, have become the very evil forces that they were suppose to be fighting against.
What's even more amazing is that their way of thinking...to win over followers through acts of murder and terrorism...is shared by more people than we would like to believe.
Is that backward thinking any different than a jaded lover, male or female, who thinks that by terrorising their ex lover, they will win them back? Beat them, threaten them, shoot at their car or just harass them until they get their ex's attention and then they'll come running back out of pure fear.
Is this sickness any different than some over zealous, domestic terrorist who thinks that murdering national, federal, state or local leaders is going to bring about change? There is no history that murdering a leader in this country, or terrorizing an ex lover will bring people to you, rather it will drive them away from you. It will bring shame to your family, make most of your friends disclaim you and probably land you in a grave or in a jail cell.
If we love our lives, if we're passionate about our beliefs...why don't we all take the higher road to bring about positive change? Real change. Changes that can positively help more than just our immediate desires. Changes that can positively affect a whole generation of people long after we are gone.
People died so that women and people of slave decent in America could have the right to vote. People died so that workers could have fair wages and fair representation in our workforce. They did this all over the past 130 years through demonstrations, marches, and court room challenges. They so loved and believed in their cause that they gave their time, energy and in some cases their lives to bringing about positive change. They stimulated moral consciousness, rather than turning into immoral beings and delivering evil acts upon their fellow human beings.
When someone says that they love you and their love and behavior towards you leaves you feeling worse than when you were alone...then it's time to leave them.
When someone promises to make this world a better place by tearing it down and murdering innocents, then it is time to turn them into the proper authorities. That world that they are promising will undoubtedly be worse than the world that you currently live in.
Love begets love. Hate and anger only begets more hate and anger.
What is the "loves" of your life? Mine is writing, family, friends and humor.
May God bring peace and prosperity to all of you during these holidays and in the upcoming New Year.
Some people fall in love with one another. Some people fall in love with money. Some people fall in love with their jobs or attention from others. So many people fall in love with themselves and all that they do or believe in. Some people fall in love with God or a belief in a higher being. Some people fall in love with delusions of grandeur, extending acts of terror and of controling others.
I recently read a story of four US military men who had planned to assassinate President Obama, as well as commit additional domestic acts of terrorism and murder, including stockpiling munitions, and poisoning a water supply to kill or injure thousands. It is ironic that these men, who were trained to defend their own nation against the actions of foreign terrorists, have become the very evil forces that they were suppose to be fighting against.
What's even more amazing is that their way of thinking...to win over followers through acts of murder and terrorism...is shared by more people than we would like to believe.
Is that backward thinking any different than a jaded lover, male or female, who thinks that by terrorising their ex lover, they will win them back? Beat them, threaten them, shoot at their car or just harass them until they get their ex's attention and then they'll come running back out of pure fear.
Is this sickness any different than some over zealous, domestic terrorist who thinks that murdering national, federal, state or local leaders is going to bring about change? There is no history that murdering a leader in this country, or terrorizing an ex lover will bring people to you, rather it will drive them away from you. It will bring shame to your family, make most of your friends disclaim you and probably land you in a grave or in a jail cell.
If we love our lives, if we're passionate about our beliefs...why don't we all take the higher road to bring about positive change? Real change. Changes that can positively help more than just our immediate desires. Changes that can positively affect a whole generation of people long after we are gone.
People died so that women and people of slave decent in America could have the right to vote. People died so that workers could have fair wages and fair representation in our workforce. They did this all over the past 130 years through demonstrations, marches, and court room challenges. They so loved and believed in their cause that they gave their time, energy and in some cases their lives to bringing about positive change. They stimulated moral consciousness, rather than turning into immoral beings and delivering evil acts upon their fellow human beings.
When someone says that they love you and their love and behavior towards you leaves you feeling worse than when you were alone...then it's time to leave them.
When someone promises to make this world a better place by tearing it down and murdering innocents, then it is time to turn them into the proper authorities. That world that they are promising will undoubtedly be worse than the world that you currently live in.
Love begets love. Hate and anger only begets more hate and anger.
What is the "loves" of your life? Mine is writing, family, friends and humor.
May God bring peace and prosperity to all of you during these holidays and in the upcoming New Year.
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