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Only after - Attitude toward loving one another

Only after


Only after I put down my anger,

only after I forbid myself to rage,

only after I stopped pointing fingers

and accusing the other person

for their wrongdoings

could I start to shine

as YOUR light.

 

Only after that did I understand

that the other person

did not have the same prerequisites as I do.

 

Only after that did I understand

that his love tank

has long been depleted

and he has been

blowing out of the last whistle.

 

Only after that

did passion replace the anger.

Only after that could I learn to love those

who I declared to be unlovable

in my mind.

 

How should I be salt for the earth

and a light in this dark world

when I am only busy judging?

 

Oh Lord forgive me my pride

and that all too often

I have exalted myself

to be the judge.

 

Only after I began

to be gracious with the other person

did God begin

to let HIS light

shine through me.

 

 

 (1107151447-1455,1207152142-2158)

 

 

Talmud, Shabbat 31a

“What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow: this is the whole Torah; the rest is commentary.”

 

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