On this day remembering Martin Luther King, there is no shortage of quotes reflecting his wide ranging thoughts on people and their relationships including this one from his book of sermons, Gift of Love:
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies."
I know
It is hard to forgive someone
Who changes the course of your life.
Who hurt your loved one, your friend,
Who acts in ways that hurt people,
Who put themselves and their goals
Ahead of others.
Though hate eats through souls
Like a cancer, destroys people,
Disrupts families,
Erodes the dialogue of nations,
Changes to course of history.
We can disagree
We can be sad, dislike,
We can even hate
Evil actions, decisions,
Behaviors, of other humans
Without hating them
Without harming them.
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