thoughts about contempt

" Do not view ... anyone with contempt,

for the friends of God .... are often hidden. "

               Makhdoon Ashraf Jahangir Semnani

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I often say

That as Sacred Children,

We must emulate our Sacred heritage

We must love

As the Beloved loves

Unconditionally, completely, forever

I truly believe

That we are all Sacred Children

And that the Sacred seed is hidden in each of us

Sometimes well hidden, but still there

And so I believe

It is not best to view another with hatred, contempt, disrespect

But I cannot live it out

I truly cannot

I cannot help but view with disrespect a President who uses division as tool of manipulation

I cannot help but have contempt for those who would cut services to the needy

To hand a tax cut to the rich

I cannot find much room in my heart and soul and mind

For compassion and forgiveness for a man who sits in a room

36 stories up, and kills 58 people

I know I should try to understand

To feel his pain

The abyss into which he had fallen

But I can’t

So I will pray for him, his family

I will pray for those who were killed, and those who loved them

I will pray for Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell

And pray for Trump

And pray for America, that it will wake up to its culture of violence

And its need for gun control

And I will pray that

We can all seek understanding and respect

And I will pray most earnestly

For myself