Be Grateful Not Hateful!

Hate is a powerful emotion.

Martin Luther King said, "I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear."

When you speak the words "I hate," you feel the emotion well up in your body, mind, and heart.

Hate harms your body, clouds your thinking, hurts your heart, and darkens your soul.

Through the use of hate, the hater attempts to rise above that to which their dark emotion is attached.

The one who is hating is the one dishing out the poisonous words or actions.

The person who is hateful toward something outside themselves is determined not to look within to see what pain is inside them.

The self-righteous ego has its attention on what they don't like. The ego blames, engages in obstruction, and resistance to the exclusion of the truth. 

The antidote to hate is gratitude in action. 

The origin of the word "gratitude" is from the Latin word "gratus," meaning "thankful."

Gratitude is a warm feeling of appreciation and thankfulness towards particular people or circumstances.

I suggest you point it towards yourself in a way in which you give voice to those aspects of your life for which you are appreciative.

Psychological studies of gratitude consistently associate gratitude with an increase in happiness.

Is this something you would like?

Then, if you are in the shadows of hate, I suggest you choose to turn to gratitude regularly.

In my own life, I say, "Howard, I love you," several times during the day. It is a reminder of my gratitude for the service I receive from my body, mind, and heart.

Namaste