Why I Love My Enemiesfeatured
I have changed a lot throughout the years. My hands and heart have softened. I try to handle everything around me with care. I have learned to love above all else. I found this light within me very recently. I haven’t always been this way, of course. I had to feel a lot of pain before reaching this point.
With this new perspective, I have tapped into the empathy within my heart. It is easy for me to feel what others feel or imagine what they feel when they explain it to me.
As a writer, I am so thankful for this. Emotion is what drives all my writing, it is what makes me successful in all that I do. And while I sometimes feel being highly empathetic is a fatal flaw of mine, it is a true gift that happens to cause pain within me from time to time. But at the end of the day I rather feel too much than not feel at all.
I know not everyone will like me in life but I truly empathize and care about all that is human.
The title of this post is harsh. I don’t really have any enemies but I do have people who try to dim all that is beautiful in life. It is often because of their past experiences that they turn to such darkness and this is something that I can truly understand.
I used to hide behind a veil myself. I used to hide everything with a tough exterior but I have found my current state is much more effective. The old me sometimes rears her head but I tell her to stay kind.
I love these people who don’t love me. I care about people who wish me the worst. I feel bad for those that wish me and/or others harm. Why? Because I wish they could empathize with those around them. Because I wish that their pain could just go away so they could see the beauty that surrounds them each day.
It used to be easy to hate the haters, the enemies, the mean people of the world. But as I said before, my heart has softened. I now understand my “enemies” are going through a pain much deeper than I can ever understand. And no matter what happens, I wish to never cause these type of people more pain than already resides within them.
I love the people who seem to have nothing left within their hearts. I love those that rather not be kind. I do this in hopes that I can lead by example. I understand I cannot save the world. But I also understand that one small act of kindness can make these type of people reflect on who they have chosen to become. I also understand that an eye for an eye will resolve absolutely nothing.
It takes more effort to try to cause pain than it does to be kind. And maybe that’s just it, maybe I am just plain lazy. Whatever the reasons, I choose kindness even with thy enemies every single time.
Maybe the butterfly effect doesn’t always work. And that’s okay. I can only control the way I act and that alone makes me sleep soundly at night.
At the end of the day, I don’t really believe in enemies but rather I believe some people might not possess the same level of empathy as I do.
It’s my responsibility to share what’s in my heart with others whether or not they are receptive to it or not. I have learned you can’t control much in life but I can control the way I carry myself. While I do falter at times, I am pure of heart and I apply this to every aspect of my life.
Do you love your enemies?
Love Deeply and Forever,
Karen
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