Enemies are those who have chosen to close their Hearts and see each other only with their thoughts — peering futilely through the Light-insensitive lenses of past wounds & present fears; vaguely sensing only the feeblest flickering shadows of each other’s patent radiance; each convincing himself that the view is clear and that his judgments of the other are accurate; each believing that that it is the haze through which she stares — not the image it distorts — that is the illusion.

Friends are not those who care for others who think like they do or those who treat them well. Friends are those who have chosen to set aside all the “evidence” and all the “logical reasons” that demand condemnation of the other or call for retribution against them. Friends are those who who close their eyes to the pain & the “facts” & the “truth” … and open their Hearts anyway.

Filed under: Practical Tips for Peace-full Living by Scaughdt