We can’t just turn off feelings of hatred and turn on love. It’s not on a toggle switch. So telling us to love someone that we currently regard as an enemy is just frustrating. It’s as frustrating as being told that we must forgive someone who has done great harm to us. Sure, that may be true, but knowing it doesn’t make it happen, and that word “must” just makes us feel guilty that we can’t do it.
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