The world seems more divided than ever. Pundits argue on news networks, politicians pit themselves against one another, people attack one another on social media. Even families find themselves at odds. When division is so present, it is easy to see people we disagree with as our enemies. And it is easy, once we have designated them as enemies, to reject their humanity and wish them ill. ~ Room, The Upper. The Upper Room Disciplines 2022: A Book of Daily Devotions (p. 446). Upper Room Books. Kindle Edition.
Even families find themselves at odds.
Spending day after day with a spouse,
someone I took nearly fifty years ago
for better and for worse,
When day after day we're alone together,
rough edges scraping the other's,
sometimes it's far easier to be miffed
than for kind thoughts and words to reign supreme...
it is easy, once we have designated them as enemies,
to reject their humanity and wish them ill.
But still that better or worse eventually reigns supreme
And the kindnesses seem greater than the rough edges.
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