Have you ever tried to see the world from your enemy's point of view? Why would you do that. I've rarely done that with any investment, but today I thought I'd take a try.
Let's start with Trump who I see as an enemy to me and people like me who respect lives, work to embrace diversity, and wish for good living for all. What is his point of view? I think he's got a survival-of-the-fittest point of view that holds that you have to cheat, threaten, harm, and even sometimes kill to get what you want. I don't think he believes that people can actually work in lawful, loving ways to make better. He's the antithesis of what our United States Constitution calls our leaders and citizens to be. So when I see the world from his point of view, it frightens me and makes me realize, more than ever, we must convict him of the high crimes and misdemeanors he perpetrataed when he staged and incited the fourth deadliest terror attack on American soil during his term in office.
And, as for enemies in the work place. Those enemies fell into a number of categories. There were those whose ambition trumped mission--leaders who would throw anyone under the bus and oppress people to serve their own ambition to get ahead. These were sneaky, self-serving, untrustworthy, oppressive leaders who made life miserable for those that didn't fall into their exclusive, let's-take-care-of-each-other, clubs of cornyism and nepotism. Dangerous folks.
There were other enemies who were blinded by their own life events, inborn prejudices, insecurity, and pain--I have a lot more empathy for those kinds of enemies because I know how childhood trauma can muddy the waters of working well with others--I understand how we can misplace our own struggles and pain when we work with others, and become an enemy simply because we don't have the skill, experience, mentoring, or knowledge to be anything else.
And enemies in our personal life--those people that work against your good will rather than for you, like enemies at work blinded by their own life events, that's usually true for friends and acquaintances that may act as enemies to you. It's likely that past pain, harm, and hurt has created their errant ways. It's also possible that your own actions have created enemy situations too. These situations won't be the same in any scenario. Of course, there are those in every community that direct their efforts towards cheating and hurting others, and we have to work against that in peaceful, lawful ways.
Seeing situations from our enemies' viewpoints gives us strength and helps us to live our lives better going forward--that's what's right and good.