Mark this one "easier said than done."
I swear he's a walking oxymoron (with emphasis on the "moron"). He's generous and uncouth and caring and stubborn, at once as wise as Solomon and dumb as a stump. He'll show up unannounced with his arms overflowing with gifts and then launch into a scornful Trump-like rant about immigration. He'll snark about a friend behind her back but then be the only one to visit her when she's in the hospital. He'll make fun of anything intelligent you have to say but never let your birthday go by without bringing you a bagful of gifts.
I know, it's not (always) easy to love your neighbor. But here's the thing: the love we need to share is not a love based on good behavior and a generous spirit. It's not a love to be withdrawn when the snarky comments fly. It's just love--unconditional.
Except for one...the only condition...that we must. There is no choice.
But something tells me that in the end it won't matter anyway...the good and the bad, the beautiful and the ugly...just the love.
"Faith, hope, love abide, these three. But the greatest of these is love."
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(c) 2015 Fiechter
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