Thursday, September 10, 2009

Eschewing the Hate Syndrome

I have spent my time researching why people 'hate at sight' To start with, 'hate at sight' simply means hating someone you never met before but might have heard one or two thing(s) about him/her. You don't need to know much about that person. All you are interested in is in hating the poor dear man/woman simply because they are not your type - class-wise and more.
Why would people go out of their way to hate for the sake of hating?
My research tells me they are just empty personalities. Something about that person upsets you. Perhaps, the person appears stronger than you, more pretty than you, more educated than you are, more successful than you will ever imagine. As soon as you sight this unlucky fellow (by your standard), you just do everything humanly possible to make him/her feel sorry for ever coming close to you.
In the heart of the person you are vilifying, he or she might not even look at you in that regard, but some sensitive people who notice hostility fast would try to get out of your way or do something to actually get you blow your top.
Now, you never knew much about this person other than the fact that he or she has something you can't or might have. It all boils down to envy. ENVY! This social disease has eaten deep into the hearts of many that they don't see what they are doing as sinful.
Have you bothered to ask yourself if there are things you stand to learn from the 'hated one' if you could be more appreciative of God's grace radiating inside of that person when you get close eschewing envy?
Life has taught me that it is not always those you are that close to that give you all the help you need in getting on in life. Sometimes you run into a stranger in a bus and something engages the interest of you two and consequently, friendship is born and this sort of friendship is even sweeter when you begin to reap the bountiful blessings coming form liking people the way they are irrespective of whether they are of same status in life with you.
Please my dears, learn to be down-to-earth and stop turning away angels from your life. You never can tell one, so learn to be more engaging and receptive socially.

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