There is no white power,
nor black power. No brown, no yellow. No Christian, no Jew, no Muslim, nor any
other division created by humanity.
There are but three
divisions, those are of love, hate and apathy. The last one listed is perhaps
the most dangerous and insidious. I can understand where some apathy comes
from. It's hard to openly care about something, anything, these days. And even
harder to voice your concern. Take a look at your social media and read the
vile comments, some on the most benign posts.
Those vile comments
usually come from a place of hurt, which has festered into hate. Their hate
turns into our apathy. Many slowly lose their ability to love/care, thus allowing
apathy to creep into their daily routine. These same people become increasingly
self-concerned and defensive.
As they/we become increasingly
"self" orientated, we lose the ability to extend ourselves outside of
our comfort zone. This allows the hate to grow, to manifest into a controlling
entity. Only then do we see a push back from the masses. Sometimes, that happens
too late to constrain.
Usually, hate can be pushed
back into the shadows of existence. Unfortunately, it can’t be eliminated.
Understanding this helps us to be conscious and resilient.
As love will find those
of a similar persuasion, so will hate. Apathy is safe, and it too will find
those of a similar ilk. Love and hate will always go head to head in the battle
for dominance. Because love can be passive, and hate aggressive, hate will
slither into those shadows and await its next opportunity, its next excuse to
try and take control.
Love, hate and apathy,
these three levels of being dominate our lives, our time here on Earth. Let us
take our stance for love. Let us never fall to the lies of hate. And never let
us fall into the false comfort of apathy.
Many Faiths have as their
core a belief of compassion toward each other. How we treat each other embodies
our relationship with our God, Higher Power or Positive Energy. When we live
with kindness and charity, we live our Faith and we are in harmony with our
Faith. We understand our Faith and we are exercising that understanding.
Hate is easy to
understand, while apathy is easily overlooked. In Faith, apathy is condemned.
In the Christian Bible, Luke 16:19-31, tells the story and effects of apathy.
And it’s not pretty. At the same time hate should never be met with more hate,
as this will only fuel the fire of hate. There is no simple or easy solution.
Earlier I stated that
hate can’t be eliminated. It can, however, be minimized, but not with more
hate.
May you
always have to strength to LOVE!
by David E. Gonzales
