24 May 2019

Needful Things ~ Cold Pricklies


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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