“Why waste precious time feeling hate for a person? Life is hard enough as it is.”
by Innocent Mwatsikesimbe — from The Vision, chapter 51
In other words
Sensing that someone dislikes us can pull attention toward every small action and hidden reason. There may be something useful to learn: a wrong we caused, a misunderstanding, or a clearer view of their intentions.
Sometimes the search reaches its limit. Nothing within our control will create affection, and continuing to study the dislike begins to spend life on a relationship that cannot become what we want.
Acceptance ends that expense. It does not turn dislike into friendship or require pretending the hurt is harmless. It allows the other person’s feeling to remain theirs. Hate would only add another burden to a life that already has enough difficulty to carry.
AI-generated from the author's own text.
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