Love versus hatred

[kerry]

 I found the following amongst my teachers papers after he died, and was very moved by it.  Just thought I would share it. 

If you wished to be saved from disaster, unhappiness and discontent, you must love, and stop hating.  Stop saying hateful things.  Simply get to work on number one, yourself and make a lover of him as soon as possible.  By hating others you only show how you really dislike and hate yourself.  Do not think you ought to find fault with someone else, let him alone.  Don't think you  ought  to say something about somebody.   There is more abominable cruelty going on about the things you have got to tell somebody about some one else than you could put in books.

Who is it that sits in judgement on his brothers?  Who declares that all sorts of evil will befall him because he does not do as I say?

Would I like to have someone  do just what I am doing?  Remember - He who loves not, lives not, for love is life.


This was written by Edward A Kimball in the l890's.  He died over 80 years ago.  Was an American citizen and lived there all his life.