The need to fight
The perception of past injustices keeps us at war. As Martin Luther King explained to his brother when they were on the highway, and the other car flashes his lights, that he shouldn’t respond in kind because someone in that exchange, someone on that highway had to maintain their sanity. And yet there is a time to fight when injustice reaches an unbearable level.
I recently purchased a book by the Dalai Lama in which he talks about reconciling the world’s major religions. I’m looking forward to learning from his insights. Yes, there has to be an accounting for wrongdoing. You have to keep score and not be oblivious to the wrongs and aggression committed by others. But if there is a path where we can correct the injustice without retribution- that would be ideal. Who knows if that’s possible.
