Quote of the Day
We hate some persons because we do not know them;
and we will not know them because we hate them.
Charles Caleb Colton
To be honest, I have very little to say about this quote.
I do feel, though, that it is important to give people a chance. Hatred usually arises from ignorance or from narrow, shallow ideas of what one is or is not based on belonging to a specific group, looking a certain way, or acting a certain way on a single occasion. I don't mean to say there is no justified feelings of hatred - ones rooted in true, thoroughly thought out and examined experiences and ideas of a person - but I do mean to underline the need for stepping back more often than not.
I don't think it is possible for us as human beings to be objective in our emotions or experiences, but even in our subjectivity, we can take a breath and an extra moment to look again, consider a little further, and make sure we are not jumping into conclusions or rushing into decisions about those around us on flimsy basis.
Because it would be sad to go through life hating someone you could've enjoyed and loved.
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