when i first sat down to write this, it was six days after the election. still, it's the the first thing that pops up on social media, the first headline read in the newspaper every morning. and every time, it's about the divided country, and the fact that election of president elect Trump has prompted so many racial outbursts and unkind words -- both said out loud and on social media, and now? it's been two months.
my mind keeps coming back to the theme of love. jesus taught us how to love our enemies, right? what happened to cherishing their opinion, not calling them out for it? our first instinct should be different from what we see. it should be love, peace, happiness, instead of hatred and violence. inside, we're all the same. with slight variation, different DNA codes, we are made of the same things. we each have a beating heart, functioning muscles and ligaments. inside, our blood all runs the same color. we are all human. we all make mistakes, too, but that doesn't give any excuse to tear somebody down or create barriers and divisions between people who have different opinions than you do. learn how to love, then teach your neighbors and friends how to love, and gradually, that love can take over.
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