The moment I have defined another as my
enemy, I lose part of myself, the complexity and subtlety of my
vision. I begin to exist in a closed system. When anything goes
wrong, I blame my enemy. If I wake troubled, my enemy had led me to
this feeling. If I cannot sleep, it is because of my enemy. Slowly
all the power in my life begins to be located outside. And my whole
being is defined in relation to this outside force, which becomes
daily more monstrous, more evil, more laden with all the qualities in
myself I no longer wish to own. The quality of my thought then is
diminished. My imagination grows small. My self seems meager. For my
enemy has stolen all of these.
---Susan Griffin---
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