Hate is so much easier…
This has been a rather slow weekend. I practically wrote 3 things to post up here… so here’s the one that I happen to remember ^_^;;
I was driving along, minding my business. I consider myself a reasonably safe driver, so I don’t honk my horn unless I have to. ( Honking = warning signal; Honking = not cussing ppl out ) I was driving past Geno’s steaks and there was this group of 5 white ppl strolling in the middle of the road. I’m not a hothead, so I just cruised behind this group while they took their time crossing the street (like they owned it or something… ) So I’m thinking, gosh, some people really need to work on their manners. They turn around to see who was cruising behind them (well, duh… you’re walking in the middle of the street… ) They finally got to the other side and as I was passing them, one of them said “gook” which is a rather stupid racist term like nigger, chink, etc. I was having a rather good day and it was just random stupidness. I figured it was just random hatred pointed in any direction. When given the choice between hating your enemy and learning to put yourself into your enemy’s shoes, most of us would choose to hate. But I found out something much more interesting. When that guy called me a gook, I got mad. And what was the first word to come to mind? “Skin-head” This hate thing is really simple, really easy to do. Trust me, I did it without even trying. But when I put myself into his shoes, white, ghetto clothes, tatoo, ladies dressed, well unladylike, shaved head and the beligerant body language. I can see how hate fits in with the style. But each day, we choose how we are going to handle situations.. and this was no different. I don’t hate him, I feel sorry for him. I hope he works out whatever issues he’s having. It get no benefit from hating this random stranger. So I choose to wish him well. He needs to pull his head out of whatever hole he’s dug himself and look around. South Philly is a flood of asians. Can’t get onto a 47 without seeing at least one asian person. Saying things like chink or gook is more than likely to get him beat up… :-/
Love is not logical. It changes perception and makes things seem alot better even though the facts have not changed. The person hasn’t changed one bit. I think that’s enough to make Love a drug. I think we should have Love banned… it’s bad… in the name of Love people will practically kill each other and make messes out of their lives. Love’s not all it’s cracked up to be…