A Lesson From Corrine

Corrine sent this to me. And it fits in perfectly with a philosophy I have had for a long time. Here is what she said.

There is a big, big difference between anger and hate. Anger, when properly directed, can sway elections and bring about real, needed reform in our nation. Hate solves nothing. It festers, it infects and it destroys. Even worse it allows despots to succeed. Those who replace anger with hate only aid those who use such hate for political advantage.

I couldn't agree more. But I take it a step further. I believe that there is no such thing as hate. Hate is like cold. Cold does not exist. It is the absence of heat. When you remove all heat, then nothing, or cold, is left. Likewise I believe hate is the absence of like. When there is nothing to like, you say you hate it, but the hate is an absence of something. In other words, hate is nothing. Cold can be fixed by adding heat. And hate can be fixed by adding something to like.

Cold is miserable. Cold is uncomfortable. And cold is an emptiness, a lack of something necessary to live well. Now doesn't that sound like hate, too?