The most demanding test involving people are not tests that require a gradual shift from personal to impersonal love, but those that demand an immediate application of personal love. When a friend or love one offends you in some way, you are not justified in lowering yourself to the level of hatred, self-pity, or retaliation. Resentment or hostility would only complicate the matter, and two wrongs never make a right. Instead, you fall back on your own integrity. You remember the character of the subject rather than the imperfections of the object. No one is perfect. Everyone has weakness. From time-to time we all require toleration from the integrity of those we love. Impersonal love covers a multitude of flaws and permits personal love to flourish between imperfect, changing people.
Posted on: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 21:35:40 +0000
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