Greetings Dear Reader,
If you read The
Original Warm Fuzzies Tale yesterday, you also learned about Cold
Pricklies. I capitalize this because it
is evil enough to be considered a proper noun.
Which, by the way, is a very improper, proper noun.
We engage in the use of Cold Pricklies almost every
day. Whether it is family with whom we
do not get along or coworkers we choose to tolerate, we offer pleasantries that
are disingenuous. We give passive hugs,
offer untrue well-wishes, and even lie about the depth of our love to each
other.
We think we are serving the social good by being
polite. It is good to be polite but when
we are polite through gritted teeth, we are lying. That is not good. It is not that we should not be polite or
kind or good to others. It is that we
must mean it. When we do not, we add lies to our failure to forgive others and
love them unconditionally.
It is not on others to be kind, easy to love, or good. They should, but it is my obligation to love
them genuinely no matter how they behave.
It is on me to be kind, loving, and forgiving no matter what someone
else has done to me. I must offer Warm
Fuzzies at every opportunity. I must
never offer Cold Pricklies. We forget
that we are not liked or loved by everyone.
We do not want it to be true but it is.
We are required to love everyone. All of our congress with other humans is to proceed
from and find its power in this source.
When we offer any pleasantry that does not grow out of our love for
others, then we are passing out Cold Pricklies. You may offer any argument you wish fur you
must first consider why you would wish to do so. Any argument against being motivated by love
must be wrapped in hypocrisy and faithlessness.
Jesus would not ask us to love disingenuously. He requires us to love everyone.
I and others have
offered the venomous lie, “I have to love him but I do not have to like
him.” The question I must ask is, “who
does it serve to dislike someone?” The
answer is that it is always self-serving and, therefore, wrong, I get not liking habits, practices, or personalities. That does not mean that we have to dislike
the person. We choose to dislike members
of our family, coworkers, and strangers.
When we have congress with them, we often lie about our kindness to
them. Outside we are pleasant and socially
proper. Inside we are enduring and
tolerating when we should be loving and hoping.
Love hopes, bears, and believes ALL things. Cold Pricklies
are the lies we offer to hide our failure to love. We must be better than this Dear Reader. Think about your interactions and you will
find where they are fake. I need to fix
mine. I will work at it, but please be
confident that I love you, genuinely, fully, and without regret. What are your thoughts on this?
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every
writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a
homeowner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure
store.”
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