“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, from those who are cold and are not clothed.” ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower

We cannot remove the evil from others’ hearts while choosing to see them as “flawed” or “evil” … Jesus himself said it best when he reminded us to remove the beam from our own eyes before we fight to remove the splinter from another’s … That “beam” is our arrogance that judges the splinter to be “evil”, it is the hubris that would have us correct others and thereby neglect our own atonements. Indeed, the only way to remove the “splinter” of evil from others is to remember that the same are not innate character flaws — but rather are fearful responses to deep-seated wounds. We do not attack a cancer victim and attempt to correct them. We recognize their illness and exude them gentle Compassion. This is the only way to effectuate lasting Peace in the spiritually/psychologically “ill” folks that we incorrectly judge to be “evil” … Consider this gently — and please act accordingly.

Filed under: Wisdoms from the Journey by Scaughdt