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| Bettejo Dux has lived on the cosmic Garden Island of Kaua'i for over 40 years.
Bettejo is a regular opinion writer in the Garden Island news
and is the author of the famed novella, "The Scam." Her latest fiction"Children of extinction" is now released and available on Amazon! |
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| Bettejo and Aristotle |
The bank behind my house is alive with walking iris. Their little white heads are cheerfully bobbing in the early morning light. My feral flock is scratching and munching on bugs and other juicy chicken delights. A light breeze sets leaves dancing on the bank and slipping silently through the iris I see one kitten stalking. Reba. It's a game. She never catches anything, but I love to watch her hunt. She think she's a big deal. Head honcho feline in this neck of the woods. The chickens trickle off with a flutter and a wink. They blend in so well they disappear in plain sight.
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So, what has this to do with the heavy theme: Love and hate? Well, at that moment, I felt very loving, until a sudden sodden thought awry leaped in my mind and spoiled the revery. Is it true that love and hate are opposite sides of the same coin, my mind queries? Is it true you can never really appreciate--or feel--these deep human emotions without experiencing the other? Can one know what it means to love, if one has never known what it means to hate?
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Love and hate are powerful--and potent--emotions. Love can be gentle and kind. It soars the human condition. I don't think hate can ever be gentle and kind. I think it must always be aggressive and nasty. It sours the soul, if you believe in such a mysterious entity. It hammers the beating heart flat with bludgeoning blasts of red hot steel. The mad iron monger in the sky's murderous obstruction heaved beneath the feet of the human travelor.
One of my favorite people, my feed store man, made a profound statement, "Atheists just love everything," he said one day. Out of the blue.
Think about it.
Can that be true?
And, anyway, what's it got to do with chickens and kittens and walking iris? What does it have to do with a fragrant day in paradise? With a column over due?
Everything, I think.
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I quoted a Biblical passage recently and sent it to the paper in response to a Christian teacher's letter to the Forum in which he quoted a passage concerning his interpretation of what his God had to say about gay marriage.
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Here's my quote:
"If any man comes to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sister, and yea his own life also, he cannot be a disciple." (Luke 14:26) It's writ in red. A direct quote in the New Testament.
Well, fortunately, Jesus didn't say anything about loving kittens and chickens and walking iris and an editor who's going to be cranky receiving a late column.
To wrap it up, may I say? "If you must hate, hate cancer."
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| Bettejo a few years back playing checkers with her nephew... |
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