Something has been tugging at my soul. I ran ten miles and pondered what it was, and it was this message of opening our hearts and loving instead of giving into hatred. Humanity is broken and things are in a hopeless state, but this is the time that being that bright spot of love matters the most.
Never in my life have I seen so many people shouting who and what they hate.
Process.
Heal.
Somewhere along the way these people were hurt and that hurt and anger was channeled into hatred. Their hurt and anger justified their hatred, but that is what those who hurt that person want to begin with, for that person to spew just as much pain onto others so the infection spreads. These people that were hurt are now the perpetrators of hurting others and they feel it is justified.
Is hurting another person ever justified? Because you were wronged, does that justify hurting an innocent person?
Even if it is the person who hurt you, what good is accomplished by trying to hurt them? For one, you are giving them the satisfaction that they have affected you, and this gives people with hatred in their heart a lot of joy to know that they now have control over your actions and your thoughts. Hatred directs and drives those who are under its control. Secondly, hurting a person back in retaliation only perpetuates an unending cycle where there is no winner, only losers. Causing pain begets more pain back on those who inflicted it in the first place, and it continues without end. Using that pain to strike back harder only drives that person who was then hurt to hit back even harder.
So many people are giving into hate.
So many people are justifying their hate.
This does not mean you should not feel anger, hurt, pain, sadness, or frustration. Feel them and process them. Heal from them. Grow from them. Just don’t give into them and use them as a stepping stone down the path of hatred.
The most evil people on this planet want people to hate them. They feed off of the negative energy. They want the enemy to give into the hate so they can use those attacks to hit back harder and play the victim. Don’t give them power over your heart.
Remove yourself from their presence and free yourself from them. They are not safe to be associated with and do not allow them into your life at all in any form.
Our world is quite hopeless. We are burning our planet and killing each other. The bravest thing you could do is stand in your love and offer it to those who are hurting, lost, or sad. When given the chance to choose between hate and love, do the most courageous thing you can and give your heart to love. This is the rarest resource of them all.