{"id":1689,"date":"2009-11-17T05:00:37","date_gmt":"2009-11-17T10:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/?p=1689"},"modified":"2009-11-17T23:40:35","modified_gmt":"2009-11-18T04:40:35","slug":"mean-people-november-17-daily-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/mean-people-november-17-daily-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Mean People, November 17 Daily Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Over Peanutbutter and Jelly<\/p><\/div>Over peanut butter and jelly Jake asked me “Are there really mean people?”\u00a0 To which I responded, “No, they are people who have been hurt, they act mean so they do not get close enough to be hurt again.”\u00a0 What a difficult concept to grasp.\u00a0 As a four year old life is black and white bad guys vs. good guys.\u00a0 It takes a few years before the colors start to blend and the gray begins to show through.<\/p>\n

It is much easier in life to say that person is mean and treat them unkindly or ignore them all together.\u00a0 However, we are adults and as such we should think on a deeper level.\u00a0 We are all God’s children each of us created by God so each of us has the love of God within.\u00a0 I do not believe God created evil.\u00a0 I believe He gave us free will and within that freedom we have chosen poorly all too often and the result is evil.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Can a baby be mean?\u00a0 Of course not!\u00a0 The environment they are raised within produces the behavior for the most part.\u00a0 It is outside influences that lead one down the path of meaness.\u00a0 If the child had not been neglected, abused, hurt, treated with little respect or punished unjustly then I think the child could not learn cruelty.\u00a0 It must be taught.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We can also teach kindness, love, respect, compassion and empathy.\u00a0 Such behavior can lead a person to become kind.\u00a0 In our own adult lives\u00a0we see people with deep seated issues that should be cared for.<\/p>\n

The next time someone does something unkind to you try to look beneath the surface because we are all God’s children and all deserve His kindness and love from others.\u00a0 After all depriving that person of love is probably what made them mean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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