
Originally Posted by
Saheli
Hate is an angry destruction that can manifest outwardly or inwardly, although in my opinion both are usually present. I do not believe that one can hate something or someone without self-inflicted damage. Hate paves the way for lonely desolation. I think ian said it best when he wrote, "after hate there is nothing" Overcoming hate is the only way to defeat it...it is a void which must be filled with forgiveness in order to be overcome. Only then can a person avoid the self-destruction hate is so quick to inflict. To do this, of course, can take many years, and sometimes it cannot ever be completely done. We are all left to do the best we can with what we have: hopefully, though, a time will come when we are able to fill in the void of hate with forgiveness and walk over it to better times in our lives. Otherwise, the hole will suck up many things we might never know we missed.
In an adjective, if I had to pick one, hate is: corrosive.