Hate is a very strong word.
The moment the words such as "I hate you!" are said out loud or written and sent or published, there is no turning back. It would be as though the words have been cast in stone.
I used to hate quite a bit. I would say out loud that I hated this or that, or him or her, until someone wise asked me, "Do you really?"
He went on to say "Hate is a very strong word, my dear. Think about it."
He asked, do I really hate, or perhaps it was just some aspects of it that I disliked or maybe preferred it to be in another way, which may have been combined with my then emotional in-eloquence that made the feeling a hate at that point in time.
It took me a while to digest his question. It was pretty hard when the emotional cap made a hostile takeover of the logical and sensible thinking cap. When I finally came through with it and reflected, the words did make some sense.
Most times, I was just unhappy with certain aspects of things or dislike part of a system or something someone did at that moment. I don't hate the person entirely or the entire thing or subject, unless bad things keep coming from them.
When you think hate and you utter hate, all the cells in your body would go into a hate mode. Anger, frustration intensifies and lingers, while the mood turns sour, sometimes for days or weeks. It is so tiring to hate and toxic to the max. It is a waste of time and a waste of energy. Isn't better to spend all that energy to do the things you enjoy and be happy?
I have changed from hate to dislike now. Whenever I think about hate, I ask myself the very question, do I really?
So, the next time you think about hate, ask yourself first, "Do I really?"
The word hate has a very serious effect on people's lives. Hate destroys people's conscience. Whoever hates someone, no matter how good he does, no matter how good he does it, will feel bad.