How do I love my neighbour more?

[hope21]

I could do with some advice on how to not just act like I love people who I meet or have to deal with regularly, but to really feel it.

I try to live a good life and avoid breaking the commandments but I really struggle a lot of the time with truly loving other people who I aren’t close to. I love my family and friends, but I often find myself judging others and feeling anger towards other acquaintances and not wishing them the best if I feel that they have acted in an unjust way towards me or my family/friends (especially my children).

I’m really trying to grow closer to God but I’m finding that even though I always try to act well towards others, often what I feel inside doesn’t match my actions. This seems to be getting worse the more I try to improve my spiritual life.

Maybe there is a very obvious solution to this, but I’ve been struggling with this for a while and I just can’t seem to solve it.

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[cjforJesus]

I could do with some advice on how to not just act like I love people who I meet or have to deal with regularly, but to really feel it.

I try to live a good life and avoid breaking the commandments but I really struggle a lot of the time with truly loving other people who I aren’t close to. I love my family and friends, but I often find myself judging others and feeling anger towards other acquaintances and not wishing them the best if I feel that they have acted in an unjust way towards me or my family/friends (especially my children).

I’m really trying to grow closer to God but I’m finding that even though I always try to act well towards others, often what I feel inside doesn’t match my actions. This seems to be getting worse the more I try to improve my spiritual life.

Maybe there is a very obvious solution to this, but I’ve been struggling with this for a while and I just can’t seem to solve it.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Pray for guidance.Often times those interior feelings you seem to be seeking are short lived.Love and compassion have more to do with chosing the right thing. You are chosing to do good so it seems your spiritual life is on track.

 

[Buck_Crosswhite]

Loving your neighbor doesn’t mean being friends with them. When I have trouble with people I pray for them and stay away from them. Praying for someone is loving them.