Have you ever heard the phrase of love your enemies?
As we get older, we are supposed to be yellow mellow toward our live decisions. I was once a little bit younger and I thought I was going to make all my dreams come true such as having a big house, a beautiful wife, money in the bank, traveling the world, having many friends around the world, higher education, higher karate dans etc.
Some, yes. I have accomplished and made my dreams came true. I received my Bachelors degree from the University of Houston. My Godan (5th Degree Black Belt) I earned from Kancho Hirokazu Kanazawa, 10th Dan, the Founder of the Shotokan Karate-Do International Federation (SKIF). I have traveled most parts of the world. Great friends of mine are everywhere and especially living in the USA, one of my great friends is a lawyer. I have only one lawyer friend, Bob. I have known Bob for more than 30 years. Living in America, you must have a lawyer. If somebody wants to take you to the court of law, you better have a lawyer. I have been very happy with Bob’s legal assistances.
And some, I have not accomplished yet. I still have some enemies who know me very well. These enemies are not happy with me. I feel that they are not happy with themselves. I always try to make them my friends. Some of them, we used to work together. We used to be very good friends. And one day….we were not friends anymore.
Everybody has both friends and enemies. How do we get rid of enemies? Never. Bill Gates has enemies. The USA has enemies. Jesus and Muhammad have enemies.
Love your enemies.
How?
When somebody said unkind words through my guestbook of this website – did I delete those words? NO – I keep them. Let the world be the judge.
When you study the Daoism, you have to keep both sides. They are Yin and Yang things. Day and night. Sun and moon. Fire and water. High and low. Friends and enemies. Happiness and sadness. Love and hate. Young and old. Angels and monsters. Rich and poor. Black and white. Males and females. Life and dead. All kind of both sides. Keep them. They are supposed to compliment each other. In order to understand happiness, you must fully understand sadness. In order to appreciate the stage of a healthy mind, try to understand what is like being retarded or unstable.
I have been practicing the Daoism for over 20 years and I still have a hard time to understand love your enemies.
I will continue to learn the Daoism and I hope someday I can fully understand love your enemies.
“It is easy enough to be friendly to one’s friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.” - Gandhi
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