Hatred

We hate because we don’t know where else to place our emotions. We hate because we are fearful. We hate because we have gone too deep. We hate because we love. The energy happiness takes is draining. The energy hates takes is easy. When you hate, you don’t care.

Emptiness, loss, disbelief, hostility, animosity, weakness.

“Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate it; a child who fears noises becomes a man who hates noise.”
- Cyril Connolly

Because there is fear in the world, there is hatred. It makes dealing with problems easier. Some of us hate the people of Iraq because we fear for our lives. Some of us hate the people we should love because we fear we aren’t good enough. Some of us just hate because we can’t find any other emotion to hold onto.

However, when hate finds it’s way into our minds it’s difficult to replace. That darkness will always be there. It’s a strong emotion and has the ability to control your every thought, every move, every action. It drives you away from the things and people you love.

Scottish philosopher and historian David Hume believed that hate is an ‘irreducible feeling that is not definable at all’.

If such an emotion can’t be described, it can’t be said that everyone experiences it the same. One thing that is for sure is that at one point or another, hate finds it’s way into our lives. It is up to us to recognize it. It is up to us to attempt to fill that emptiness with something else. Doesn’t matter what it is. But hatred eats you alive. It gets in your head, takes control, and tears you apart.

If there weren’t hatred, there would be peace. If there weren’t hatred, there would be less fear. So, what do you fear? What do you hate?

The answers are probably the same.