Hate is a very very awful thing. Jesus said that "He who is angry with his brother without cause is a murderer". Indeed, the ultimate end of hate is murder.
There are a variety of reasons why someone might hate us. There are a number of reasons why we might hate someone. And then there also exists the hatred of a group of people. Jews, Blondes, short people, fat people... Obviously the list is endless.
And then there is a hate common to all of us. All of us at times, hate everybody. Each of us has been given gifts. Each of us is unique, and each of us has a set of values that we will not compromise. And when we see that the rest of the world compromises values that we know they should not be compromising, this is the level where we each have our own reason to despise everybody.
Yet hatred plays an important part in friendship. It creates in us the wisdom to protect the tenderest part inside our hearts. We come to realize that we need to avoid becoming so vulnerable to someone that we give them the power to destroy us. This is when having a certain measure of hate is healthy. A knowing that we are different from others. An acceptance that we are separate human beings.
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