loving our neighbor well

Check all that apply:

1. Being black doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
2. Being white doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
3. Being Hispanic doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
4. Being Asian doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
5. Being European doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
6. Being Jewish doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
7. Being Christian doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
8. Being Muslim doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
9. Being Hindu doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
10. Being Buddhist doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
11. Being atheist doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
12. Being agnostic doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
13. Being poor doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
14. Being wealthy doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
15. Being elderly doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
16. Being a teenager doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
17. Being gay doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
18. Being straight doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
19. Being an immigrant doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
20. Being a citizen doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
21. Being a Democrat doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
22. Being a Republican doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
23. Being conservative doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
24. Being liberal doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
25. Being a member of the Congressional Black Caucus doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
26. Being a member of the Tea Party Caucus doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
27. Being a member of the Auto Care Caucus, Small Brewers Caucus, or Bourbon Caucus doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
28. Being a Donald Trump voter doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
29. Being a Hillary Clinton voter doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
30. Being an independent voter doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
31. Being a Millennial doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
32. Being a GenX-er doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
33. Being a Baby Boomer doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
34. Being well-educated doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
35. Being white collar doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
36. Being blue collar doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
37. Being physically disabled doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
38. Being cognitively impaired doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
39. Being a Patriots fan doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
40. Being a LeBron fan doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
41. Being a FOX News viewer doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
42. Being an MSNBC viewer doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
43. Being pro-choice doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
44. Being pro-life doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
45. Being a supporter of climate change doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
46. Being an opposer of climate change doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
47. Being a Socialist doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
48. Being a Federalist doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
49. Being one who disagrees with me doesn’t keep me from loving that person well.
50. All of the above.

Note: if we can’t check choice #50 — “all of the above” — that means we are doing something lesser than loving all people well.

If we are not loving all people well, are we as wise as we think we are? Where do we each need to grow?

Respectfully…

AR