Thursday, February 9, 2012
Heads or Tails?
I recently have started therapy. I am loving every minute of it. To sit down with a complete stranger and spill everything inside of you out is a strange but rewarding experience. At my last session my therapist asked me "Kim what is the opposite of love?" I obviously answered hate. Makes sense doesn't it? Isn't that what we are taught since we were young? The real answer which after explanation made perfect sense. It all came together. Apathy. Apathy is the act of not caring or doing nothing. Love and hate are such passionate feelings that they tend to be on the same side of the feeling spectrum. That's why I find it so funny with all these extreme anti gay groups. They are so passionate about denouncing our love. It consumes them to the fullest extent. Then I sat and really thought about this. They have the same amount of passion that LGBT supportive groups have just on the opposite side of the coin. If the could only just flip that coin over to the other feeling. How easy of a step it is from hate to love. Now how exactly to do that? I am not sure. I know my coming out has changed a few minds for the better. I think when anyone who is anti gay realizes that they have a person in their life who is gay it flips that coin for some. You really don't have to look hard to find someone gay in every ones life. That's what everyone needs to realize. Someone you love and care about is gay, so why turn to hate.
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Kim! I keep up with you through Jessie's Facebook wall and I'm loving your blog posts! I'm a therapist, and I always tell my clients what you're talking about here. The opposite of love isn't hate, it's indifference. Good luck on your journey!
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