“Aim for that peaceful state between love and hate, in which you don't like the person, but don't hate him or her either. It's better for your well-being.”
by Innocent Mwatsikesimbe — from The Vision, chapter 47
In other words
Dislike does not always need to become hate. Someone may be unkind, jealous, or simply unpleasant to be near, and the distance between two people can remain real without being filled with hostility.
Hate keeps the person active inside the mind. It spends attention on their motives and gives their actions a place in one’s inner life long after the encounter. Refusing that cycle protects well-being without pretending affection.
The peaceful middle is not reconciliation or approval. It allows a person to be neither loved nor hated, only left outside the emotional centre. Some relationships do not need warmth to end their harm. They need enough distance that life can continue without them.
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