Oral Law Assignment

                          Oral Law Assignment

Leviticus 19.18 “You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against your countrymen. Love your fellow as yourself.”

This verse spoke to me because I don’t hold grudges against people and always give them multiple chances. I always try to treat people even better than I treat myself.

However, if someone murdered my brother I would feel the need to get revenge and kill them.

Additionally, I don’t always love myself as much as I should, which could lead me to treat people badly at times. This complicates the commandment, because if I love them as much as myself, I would at times not be giving them the respect they deserve. By “love your fellow as yourself, the verse should be taken as love your fellow how you should love yourself. In my daily life i try to have a positive attitude and make people around me feel good about themselves and one of my favorite things is making people happy.

In the modern world you do have to learn to let things go and not let someone anger you to the point where you will do something harmful to them. This is the only way to continue succeeding. Everybody makes mistakes and messes up every now and then, especially with friends. It is good to forgive and forget in order to move on in life, instead of taking vengeance.

This picture represents happiness and optimism towards life. I think this goes along with treating people with love. Also it shows going with the flow and not holding grudges or feeling remorse. It just focuses on the hope in life like that bird flying in the sky just chilling having a good time.