Can We Stop Hating?

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Sometimes, we will blurt that we hated an individual because he or she did something to us hateful. We dislike the person. We may say that we cannot forgive the person in our whole life for what it has caused. The ill feeling is also very strong. We can’t be happy to see his presence and even hearing his name is pure disgust. We might cultivate that emotion and it seems to grow. As human, it’s normal to have such emotions. We may spend countless nights of distress and maybe in a matter of time, we will notice that it has affected us tremendously. Maybe, some of us are gifted enough to be able to cope the situation. They can let go the feeling immediately as if, nothing happens. Before it’s too late, let us realize if hating is really worth our time. Let us re-assess the situation what it can cause us because in the end, perhaps we will become the loser. I would like to quote Ben Sweetland’s lines I’ve found in one of his books authored. It says, “Hatred never harms the one hated. The hater is the one who pays the penalty”. This I’d like to share because I believe it’s worth sharing. I can’t agree more on those lines and it made me realize that if we hate somebody, it’s us who done damage to ourselves since we cultivate that feeling and never move on. We are harming not the person we hated but our very own. Those were true. When I held grudges and resentment it’s me who has this burden in heart. Why I can’t be happy while the person directed with those ill feelings never gets affected at all? And when I unloaded those burdens, I feel weightlessness and inner peace. I’m no expert and I won’t say that it is easy for me to do it instantaneously but to learn the art would open our mind and heart to opportunities at large rather than imprison ourselves in a world of misery. Let us give time and allow ourselves to heal. We may reason out that we can forgive but will never forget because the wound it has created marked us a live scar. How about covering this scar with layers of positivity, spirit of hope and happiness to conceal it for us to be able to do not see? Photo Credit: pixabay.com