Part 1:
The rule is to love your neighbor as you love yourself. This is not a good plan for some of us. I would never say to a neighbor the things I say to myself. Apparently, I need to learn to love myself.
Part 2:
A friend sent me a version of this; I decided to share it.
When you finally meet Jesus face to face he is not going to ask you to tell him about the two men who live on the corner who married one another, or the teenager across the street who had an abortion, or the couple next door who had a baby before they got married, or the woman up the street who drinks too much so neglects her kids. No. He is going to ask you how you loved them as he commanded you to do.
TTYL,
Linda