It is in the practice of spiritual principles that we realize the conundrum that returning love for hate at first gets you misunderstood, often gets you ridiculed, may get you hate...and we do it anyway.
I found a note I'd written over 20 years ago saying that since I started trying to live the Sermon, I'd never felt more misunderstood. The paradox is that I felt so much better within myself about myself and my world (when I wasn't reacting in kind to my perception of the slings and arrows) that I was willing to continue trying to live more by the Sermon. Maybe that's the basis for "if someone slaps you upside your head, turn the other cheek."
I have found no other way to consistently feel better about myself and my world than by trying to live by the Sermon...doing good "to those who despitefully use you" is truly going beyond reason to love.
The reasoning mind will balk every step of the way...but if we keep stepping, we do arrive at peace.
Thank You.
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