# Default to love

By [Mickey Mellen](https://paragraph.com/@mickey-mellen) · 2024-08-24

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[**Default to love**](https://www.mickmel.com/default-to-love/)

I was having lunch with a friend recently and we got on the topic of the response to the LGBTQ movement and many related topics (transgenderism, sports, etc). There’s a lot going on, things are changing quickly, and it’s hard to keep track of everything. The guy I was with is _much_ more educated on all of this than I am, but even he said “it’s hard to understand all of it”. I agree.

**Out of the “hard to understand” you have two choices.** You can struggle to understand and show hate, or you can struggle to understand and show love.

It seems like a very easy decision, but there are a shocking number of people (even “good” people) that choose hate. **I don’t understand that reaction either.**

If you’re not sure of how to respond to a situation, default to love.

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*Originally published on [Mickey Mellen](https://paragraph.com/@mickey-mellen/default-to-love)*