TL;DR:
Hate blinds your heart and steals clarity. Choosing understanding, forgiveness, and love keeps you walking in the light.
You know how heavy the word hate feels. You don’t even like to say it. This emotion doesn’t just hurt others—it ravages your own soul. Our culture often fuels it, especially through politically charged conflicts that reward outrage more than understanding.
You’re called to stop when you feel that consuming fire of hate rising inside you. Pause. Don’t let it take root. And if you see a friend being consumed by it, step in and help.
Choose to seek understanding before demanding to be understood. Many times you won’t fully understand—and that’s okay. When you reach an impasse, you can still choose love. You can say, “I strongly disagree, but they have their reasons.” You can focus on what you appreciate about that person or viewpoint, then forgive and move forward.
Harboring resentment, no matter how justified it feels, only blinds you to the beauty around you. Sometimes the person you’re angriest with is yourself—and that, too, brings no healing.
Choose to understand. Choose to forgive. Choose to let go and move forward in love without looking back. You may be right on the facts, but if you’re living in hate, you’ve lost your way.
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