H.A.T.E.

I Hate Sea Mammals.
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Do you hate someone? Are you now or in the past been hating someone till you don’t want to talk or see even his/her slightest shadow? How does it feel to have loathed someone to this stage?

I personally have no particular target at whom I have or now hate. In fact, I don’t know what is the kind of feeling to be keeping such deep hatred in myself. A major dislike perhaps, but not hate.

I watched the last episode of a Singapore TV series titled “Rhapsody in Blue” just now. In this particular finale, the lead actress told of a story about hate between a fish and the sea:

“The fish said to the sea, “You can’t see my tears because I am in the sea”. The sea then said to the fish, Ï can feel your tears because you are in my heart”.

Wonder why you’ve not been able to untie the knot of hatred in your heart? It’s because you did not possess the magnanimity of the vast sea. You have to find the root to the hatred. Learn to have that magnanimity and feel the agony of the person you hate. What makes you hate that person? Is it because of something that he or she has done? But if you learn to feel the tears of that person, it might be easier to walk the path of forgiveness and learn to accept the person.

“Hating someone is just like clenching your fist. You need to expend very much energy to clench your fist. Gradually, you’ll feel tired holding your fist. Let it go, you’ll feel immediately relieved”

Don’t regret of not forgiving that person you hated when it’s too late to do so. It’s a scary thing to feel remorseful.

If you hate someone, let go of the hatred. You will feel happier.