With Understanding

Perspective is everything.  Do you realize that a person’s anger and cruelty are a result of their pain?  And what is the cause of that pain?  The great distance or disconnection from their true self … from Love.  Those in pain may be the last to admit this, for many have buried their past hurts so deeply that they know nothing but anger or cruelty.  Those who know love can often not conceive of what it is like to know not love and to have been treated brutally.  Imagine such a situation when all one has experienced is darkness.  Now surround the one in that situation with light.  That is compassion.  It is born of empathy.

Return not anger with anger, but with understanding and love.  Yes, deal with inappropriate actions appropriately, but infuse the situation with what is missing … with love.