I belong to a religion that teaches us to love everyone. Unfortunately, I\u2019m failing at that.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t get me wrong. I want to love everyone. I think the world could use more love. I think I could benefit from giving out more love. But I struggle with loving everyone.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m tempted each day with desires for revenge, or being right, or wishing misfortune on others, or judging others. These struggles interfere with my goal of loving others.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure why I\u2019ve been considering this lately. Maybe it\u2019s the current conflict between Israelis and Palestinians (or should I say \u201cconflict between humans and humans\u201d?). There\u2019s just so much hate and selfishness in the world. People are so focused on themselves.<\/p>\n

Even when I complain about bad drivers being oblivious to others around them and thinking only of themselves, I, in turn, am thinking of only myself: judging those drivers, expressing hatred toward them.<\/p>\n

I know this post seems to just ramble on, but I have emotions churning in my stomach and buzzing in my head that I\u2019m having a difficult time expressing.<\/p>\n

I think this will be something I will be pondering for a while.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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