ok I want to say something about hate, but I don't want to make anyone upset. And I only want to say it, because I care about everyone who posted in this thread. And this isn't just some happy go lucky thing either. I used to have a LOT of hate in my life. Just my take on hate.

Hate is like poison to us, that's what I think. And the one we hurt most with hate in our brains or heart is ourselves. Obviously hate can hurt others but not like it hurts us. When you have hate is closes doors to other ideas, perspectives, feelings.Hate is not conductive to understanding. It's like a really huge vampire, it will suck every last drop of blood, energy, good feelings...right out of you. It does not make us feel good, it doesn't lend to contentment. Hate kills logic and reason.

I know people say all emotions are healthy, and I agree. But if you break hate down it It doesn't really seem like an emotion, emotions are temporary, hate is long lasting. It seems more like an attitude or disposition, part of our ego... (Freud put the ego state idea forth, so don;t just hate cause Freud said it )so one could argue how healthy it is. Hate takes up a lot of space, actually hate increases activity in certain parts of the brain while we are thinking about it. That space, energy, and activity could be used somewhere else. Hate isn't the same as anger, and if you think about hate as not an emotion, then we probably have more control over it then we think we do.

I am not trying to be all preachy or anything. Like I said I have had a lot of hate, but I know when I let go of it, it became a lot easier to make room for other stuff, easier to shift awareness, which makes changing your perspective easier. Life became a lot easier. That can be a really powerful key when trying to get through life. As I said it is not happy go lucky, it's just being aware of whats going on in there, and what you can or want to do with it.

I dunno, I just want you guys to all have some peace, that's all any of us wants. I hope maybe that can help a bit, it's just my opinion on hate in general. God knows we all have reason to have it, it's not that at all, just what it does to us inside .