HATE (Acrostic)
Hostility against someone different
Aversion or dislike felt and acted upon
Totally opposite of love and feeds division
Emotional response laced with deep seated anger and envy
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Tag: mentality
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The Skin We’re All In….Post 8
Why would anyone hate anyone simply because of their skin tone?
“Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn’t matter which color does the hating. It’s just plain wrong.”
— Muhammad AliHow can anyone deeply hate a person simply because of the complexion of their natural skin, albeit different from someone else’s? Hate towards a skin tone, or for something else entirely? Hmmm, let me unpack this here…..
Is it jealousy? Is it unfairness, evil upbringings or intent? Heartless or cold? Is at the core? Are you just blindly following orders and others?
We would all play together in the sand box, run around, play games, etc but then something clicks at a certain age to dislike or even hate that same person you use to play with. Taught and learned behavior, along with bad habits is responsible for this. Spiritual and /or a perpetual hatred to go even further.
But I digress, there is so much on this topic alone that I could write and state here. But I won’t, because look around us! Observe what is going on around us each and everyday. A divided society, a one sided society, and also a society that feeds into the narrative of trivial race relations. Not in a good way either, just more of the same. But just like something can be learned, it can also be unlearned as well. But this depends on each individual person, and also each nation that represents a specific community and people. Hating or despising a person for what they have naturally, is simply foolish and ignorant beyond words.
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”
― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
Instead of looking at a person’s skin tone, how about look at their character, personality, habits, intellect, hobbies, etc. A person of any shade can be either good or evil, its a free will and inherent personal choice. Again, what do I want to do or not, behave, think, feel, display, voice, etc. Seems like all of these factors along with certain traits tend to get skipped over rather often.
Basically the ones that matter most…..
Wow, just gonna hate a person on sense of sight alone huh? Without even getting to know them as a person at all? But hey, to each their own…But believe it or not, this behavior affects us all in more ways than one. And it’s way past the time to realize this and snap out of it already!
Scripture: Luke 6:31 Living Bible
Treat others as you want them to treat you.
This scripture means more than just simple words on a page, its an instruction of how we should treat one another. Unfortunately, as time and history have shown us all, this clearly has not been followed. At least not by everyone, nor anywhere near enough people that care enough to actually do so. I refuse to sugar coat this!!!
It’s time to stop ducking and dodging the truth and let the truth have its days from now on. So much has happened in the world to cause such a racial divide, but again, it will always come down to personal choice. And unless we as a society, and I mean as a whole around the world, go back to the childlike default setting.
Notice what I stated there above, childlike, not childish….
The default setting on that child that saw other children as similar to yourself, different in certain aspects of course but guess what? you still wanted to play with them anyway right? And you couldn’t wait to see them again as all of you saw nothing more than, we’ll just play together and have a good time doing so.
“Hating skin color is contempt for God’s divine creative imagination. Honoring it is appreciation for conscious, beautiful-love-inspired diversity.”
― T.F. Hodge
We must do better, and we can as long we stop following a dangerous narrative and decide to see a person as something way more than just their outwardly appearance.
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Life in an instant
can be here and gone—
just as quickly as it arrived,
and taken by surprise
as noone sees the end coming
nor ever prepared for it—
for life must be lived,
ever presently—
and in the fullness thereof,
taken nothing about it; ever for granted,
for to see a face one day,
and then it’s gone the next,
with a feeling of having nothing left,
but yet a memory—
of a life hopefully lived well,
and with no regrets to speak—
or think of—
to be at peace when; the time comes,
to take the final breath—
and into eternal rest—
whether for self or someone else,
for we must truly value and appreciate,
our own life while here,
and also the life of others,
along with leaving on a good note
issues made right as well,
from whatever might’ve been wrong
for too many are prone—
to leave certain situations—
up in the air; left with despair,
and ended up with; no time to spare,
before self or another one left here,
and left wandering why—
probably from taking too long,
as life is short—
and can disappear; in the blink of an eye,
for we never know when a life,
Can be here and gone
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how can one
when it comes to living life
just roll with the flow
sitting still or on the go
at home or in a public
and how many times in a row
through experiences gathered
and personal growth
the unknown and what one
has come to know
are you flexible
or just plain stiff
open minded or closed
and have you checked off items
from your bucket list
dreams deferred or accomplished
goals thought of and not met
or not just yet
having the love of your life
or rolling solo
traveled the world
or just staying nearby
on the verge of bettering self
or no improvement at all
do you stand for something
or nothing at all
do you think of others
or just yourself
do you vibe with nature
or rage against it
attempt or not try
smile or cry
living or just existing
doing well or just
barely getting by
for how do you roll
and what is your flow
or do you find yourself
having not moved at all
bored or enthralled
down for a cause
walking or took a pause
stand or fall
and through it all
while often sitting still
or on the go
with much on the mind
and a lot on the heart
following along
or standing apart
as the inquiring and curious mind
of you should always know
for how can one
when it comes to living life
truly roll with the flow
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to lose something
never meant to be lost
and the cost left over
that is not always monetary
hanging on for dear life
only to one day
watch it go away
the very thing
that other plans was meant for
and just wanted this more
to stick with it, until decided upon
to let go by choice, rather than forced
and oh how life at times
can tend to change course
at will and without notice
and having to move on
with an unwanted result
yet at the same time
and in a bit of hindsight
with more wrong felt than right
thinking deeply and intensely
and maybe, just maybe
this had to happen
in order to release one
for something even greater
as there are moments in life
that we must lose something
in order to gain something
much better, than ever thought possible
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so many years spent
missing out on
many memorable moments
quality time with some
the lack thereof for others
trips not taken
smiles gone unseen
faces no longer here
as the years rolled away
days and nights lost
in the mind and the current reality
waited when movement was needed
moved when patience was the key
regrettable actions and decisions
or decisions undone by circumstances
that seemed out of control
and some within grasp of being possible
oh to convey much felt within
but unsure exactly where to begin
yet no matter what is done or not
time itself never stops
as each second, minute, and hour
is dire and waits upon noone
can’t rewind nor gain it back
which leaves one direction only
and that is forward movement
as each day alive is precious
and can’t wear regret as a coat
that won’t be able to come off
as to live and breathe
with so much I didn’t get
to experience or see
for I must make do
with the now, the ever present
and to learn from such a timely lesson
a new welcome and away with old goodbyes
from incomplete to checking off the list
as time went by
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Time Moving Quickly….Post 7
“Lost time is never found again.” — Benjamin Franklin
Doesn’t it seem like time nowadays is moving by rather quickly? A bit more than ever before? Or at least to me it does. Hours passing by like minutes, minutes passing by like seconds, and seconds well, blink and their gone.
The sun and moon are both out at the same time as well, like time on both sides of the luminaries are merging together somehow. More now than ever before. Time is precious but also forward moving only. We cannot reverse it, pause it, or acquire any more of it. Once it’s gone, it’s gone forever. That is why time is too vital to life and existence, to ever take it for granted.
“Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.” — Theophrastus
I remember growing up with time running relatively slow, certainly much slower than now. We had more time on our hands back then, or at least it felt this way. But now, it moves with the quickness and not particularly in a good way. If we truly look around and pay close attention, this is not hard to notice. Not opinion here, but rather a mere fact of something that is actually happening around us all.
And no, we don’t have a time traveling Delorean to go back and forth either lol. Many of us over our lifetime have stated, if I could go back and change this, or I regret this, or if I had made this decision or that decision, yeah we’ve all been there and said that.
But there is no time like the present, and the present is a gift. We cannot go back in time and change anything, no skip ahead either. All the time in the world and universe is happening right here and right now. We have to be present in our lives, for the past is gone and the future hasn’t arrived yet.
“Time and tide wait for no man.” — Geoffrey Chaucer
And because time is moving so quickly now, let’s make the most of it and life today. For tomorrow is not promised, so be present because it’s a gift, and again the only real time we truly have, is currently right here, right now.
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The bridge, this bridge
that will seal my fate; and return when reached,
and to no longer endure,
my life being interrupted or breached,
ever again as life can really teach—
for the only place to head,
forwards and towards,
is the bridge and to what awaits me—
anxiously on the opposite side,
for the only thing separating me,
and the destiny that was always; meant for me,
was unknowingly and allowing my mind,
to cast the bridge—
both between and away from; my real self,
The bridge
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