Its us vs. them. Them. Them. Those others. It always has been. For me anyways. Not Forever. Not for everyone. Though for most. There has always been a nemesis, not even a nemesis, just an enemy. I didnt always understand it. How could I? I was just a kid. Why did my people hate others for no reason aside from for a few differences. They ignored the similarities, it didnt matter they both loved Jesus and their families. It was only the differences that got brought up. His skin was different, he liked him instead of her, he was wrong. Now I understand. We were scared. We didnt really know them. They might be dangerous, they might challenge our beliefs or expose in us feelings we shouldnt have. The rest of our people would look at us differently if we even tried to understand. We would turn into one of them. Our power, the only thing we thought we had, the only thing we thought we had to combat our fear would be gone. We would have no one to focus on but ourselves. We would be exposed as weak. Its better to work on others, to focus on their shortcomings, on why we are better people than they, to fix them to be closer to what we secretly know ourselves not to be. It snowballs out of control. Until we forget to check ourselves. Until we know whats wrong with them without questioning our reasons. Thank God Im an adult now. Now I can recognize fear in others. Now I can work on those afraid. They need more work than I. And the circle continues...
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