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Festivito

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3. Hate and love are shortcuts for our thoughts and actions.

Reply to Sparkly (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2026, 06:08 AM

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Strong-minded shortcuts, but shortcuts just the same. We cannot mete out perfectly just responses. So we gloss over the details, calling our actions, love or hate. We use them as a guiding star.

Love looks deeper, but sometimes it takes extra time. And for that it may be less just. Or, maybe not.

It is tough to do all the work required for perfection. Still, i will choose love in its imperfect form.

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