How to have compassion for hateful & hurtful people: Focus less on their behavior, and more on the pain BEHIND their behavior. Hurt people hurt people. But how did they get hurt in the first place? By being denied the love we all want and need.
Think of the little innocent child they once were. All they wanted was love. Despite all their anger and venom, all they STILL want is love. But the less they receive, the more hateful they become. Love is the only answer to hate.
But love cannot come without understanding. We fear and resist what we do not understand. True love means accepting a person, ALL parts, and loving their essence beneath all the layers of pain, neglect, and trauma, which is actually just pure love itself.
Beautifully written. I know as a child even with all the abuse I still just wanted my father to love me and I still feel the same way some days but having to accept it as it is is not an easy task and the hurt surfaces occasionally but a reminder from Cody that I am loved and my father is missing out makes it almost okay.
This post is short but full of heart. Short but very nice post @loganhart.
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