Love to a Gunfight

"We're bringing love to a gunfight."  
~ Janiva Magness  
   
Your enemies are your greatest teachers  
—the ones who step on your triggers  
revealing wounds that haven't yet healed  
   
Each lesion that re-lacerates history  
is an opportune time to decide    
how we're going to react or reply    
   
There are no coincidences in life  
nor mistakes, only experience    
lessons to spiritually advance    
   
Thank those who perceive you    
their adversary—their gift    
is the greatest opportunity:  
   
Choosing not to respond  
to judgment and hostility    
from a place of anger or pain    
   
But maintaining honor and dignity    
by focusing on the root cause  
of our own wounds instead  
   
That choice enables us to heal    
and see the deep-seated suffering  
in another's words and deeds    
   
Believe that one day soon  
everyone will choose freedom    
and truth within their own wounds    
   
So that we can all become    
a peaceful army of might    
marching our Love to a gunfight