(July 12, 2015 at 3:32 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(July 12, 2015 at 3:11 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: So how do you demonstrate your love for the person who insulted you? Do you apologize for being a loser? Do you buy him a steak dinner? Do you agree with his insults about you to show that you are an agreeable person?
I just try to continue to treat them with kindness and respect. Doesn't mean I have to agree with them, or apologize if I did nothing wrong, or buy them anything. I just don't insult them back, and continue to treat them well.
Btw, I fail miserably at this plenty of times. Above is just what I believe I should try to do, not how I always act, unfortunately.
Cath-y, I wonder how much it matters to you that there is a god in charge, judgement and all that in terms of how you treat people. Do you think you'd give up your practical philosophy if you became disenchanted with the dogma? I don't think you would. Why would you?