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It will take you only two seconds to leap online and find spewing hate. The news, the posts we see, the comments we read. It's all there. The Net has become an acceptable stomping ground for those that want to hide behind a keyboard and write whatever they desire about somebody. They can criticise, spread filth, and in many cases take things to a whole new degree. A degree that only promotes hate.
Hate breeds more hate.
If you've ever felt it within, you know for certain what I am talking about. When you harbor hate in your heart, you start hating other things and people also. While the Net is only one out of many strategies folks can deliver hate with, it does serve as a pretty clear example showing how things are going in our world today. We have made a system in which hate has the ultimate protection. People have the ability to hide behind a user name almost guarantees that the comments themselves won't see the forces of responsibility for its actions.
In light of this almost consuming raging stream of hate, we need to press on.
Why?
Because we should endorse what we love rather than striking out at what we hate.
I am really not delusional about the world. I am really not that crazy guy on the news who is understood in his neighborhood for being Mr. Happy literally 24/7. That type of unbalanced one-way lifestyle isn't healthy for you. I have my horrid days. I have days where I find myself in a conflict between love and hate, acknowledgment and closing off, and these are days when I'm going to battle. These are days when I'm reminded of what I really believe in. No matter how hard it may be.
The dose the world needs, in a continuing drip, is encouragement.
Many have to be encouraged for what they are doing, for failing and trying again, for giving a great effort and moving forward. It's not about removing hate from the world, it's about balancing it out with acts of love. The world, like ourselves, can get misaligned and thrown off once in a while. Folks will really start to see the worst of everything because frankly, that's what we are shown. We are continually subject to the bad stuff. Flick on the TV. Vehicle crashes, 10 dead in school shooting, riots, disruption in nations all around the planet, giant coverups, violations of privacy, oil spills and nuclear meltdowns. With all this, not surprising we've got a dismal view of what is going on.
I suspect that a steady drip of love and incentive can change lives. It significantly changed mine, so why can it not change others?
The ripple effect you can have on the world is far beyond your comprehension. Hell, I do not even know. But I have faith that it's going down. You can turn someones day around in a heartbeat.
Inspire those around you. You will not agree with exactly how they are doing it, but do not step on them for it. People really need to learn their way. Often we have the most honest intentions when trying to help others, but at the end, almost everyone has their own journey to discover. Walk with them, don't try to take the rug out from under them.
True encouragement matters.
Hate breeds more hate.
If you've ever felt it within, you know for certain what I am talking about. When you harbor hate in your heart, you start hating other things and people also. While the Net is only one out of many strategies folks can deliver hate with, it does serve as a pretty clear example showing how things are going in our world today. We have made a system in which hate has the ultimate protection. People have the ability to hide behind a user name almost guarantees that the comments themselves won't see the forces of responsibility for its actions.
In light of this almost consuming raging stream of hate, we need to press on.
Why?
Because we should endorse what we love rather than striking out at what we hate.
I am really not delusional about the world. I am really not that crazy guy on the news who is understood in his neighborhood for being Mr. Happy literally 24/7. That type of unbalanced one-way lifestyle isn't healthy for you. I have my horrid days. I have days where I find myself in a conflict between love and hate, acknowledgment and closing off, and these are days when I'm going to battle. These are days when I'm reminded of what I really believe in. No matter how hard it may be.
The dose the world needs, in a continuing drip, is encouragement.
Many have to be encouraged for what they are doing, for failing and trying again, for giving a great effort and moving forward. It's not about removing hate from the world, it's about balancing it out with acts of love. The world, like ourselves, can get misaligned and thrown off once in a while. Folks will really start to see the worst of everything because frankly, that's what we are shown. We are continually subject to the bad stuff. Flick on the TV. Vehicle crashes, 10 dead in school shooting, riots, disruption in nations all around the planet, giant coverups, violations of privacy, oil spills and nuclear meltdowns. With all this, not surprising we've got a dismal view of what is going on.
I suspect that a steady drip of love and incentive can change lives. It significantly changed mine, so why can it not change others?
The ripple effect you can have on the world is far beyond your comprehension. Hell, I do not even know. But I have faith that it's going down. You can turn someones day around in a heartbeat.
Inspire those around you. You will not agree with exactly how they are doing it, but do not step on them for it. People really need to learn their way. Often we have the most honest intentions when trying to help others, but at the end, almost everyone has their own journey to discover. Walk with them, don't try to take the rug out from under them.
True encouragement matters.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is the author of The Words Of Encouragement, a website dedicated to bringing the best quotes, motivational content on the web, and blogs all to one place. Need some more content to move towards building love in your life? Try The Notebook Quotes.
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