Sooooo... I was thinking a few years ago about love, and it occurred to me that we can't fulfill the 'Golden Rule' - Christ's ultimatum - because we just don't love ourselves. Check it out:
Do to others as you would have them do to you... Love your neighbor as you love yourself...you know the variations.
It is predicated on self-love.
So if your internal dialogue is about what an idiot you are, you are gonna live that towards other people.
If you hate your body, your physical self, or worse yet harm it, you are gonna live that towards other people.
If you cannot figure out why someone would want to hang around you, you are gonna live that towards other people.
We cannot LOVE OTHERS until we love US - intentionally, carefully, honestly. That is not new-age or incense-burning or hip. That is hard and it is holy.
I am pretty sure most of the ills of society boil down to this bad boy.
Anyway - something to chew on.
Do to others as you would have them do to you... Love your neighbor as you love yourself...you know the variations.
It is predicated on self-love.
So if your internal dialogue is about what an idiot you are, you are gonna live that towards other people.
If you hate your body, your physical self, or worse yet harm it, you are gonna live that towards other people.
If you cannot figure out why someone would want to hang around you, you are gonna live that towards other people.
We cannot LOVE OTHERS until we love US - intentionally, carefully, honestly. That is not new-age or incense-burning or hip. That is hard and it is holy.
I am pretty sure most of the ills of society boil down to this bad boy.
Anyway - something to chew on.