In the field of play an opponent scratches us with his nails, say, or gives us a butting blow with his head: but we do not ‘mark’ him for that, or take offence, or suspect him afterwards of deliberate attack. True, we do keep clear of him: but this is good-natured avoidance, not suspicion or treating him as an enemy. Something similar should be the case in the other areas of life too: we have people who are our ‘opponents in the game’, and we should overlook much of what they do. We can avoid them, as I say, without suspicion or enmity.
Wickedness is a way people behave out of their will. Do not complain but look at it differently. Do not hate , but no need to keep together with them either.
