Love vs Hate
“Sometimes loving someone is harder than hating them, but sometimes that 'hate' is just backhanded admiration.”
Love is something most girls and guys want in their lives. Whether it’s receiving it or giving it. Love can be shown in many ways, and it doesn’t always have to be “romantic” to be considered love. Even subtle signs and moments of affection can mean more to someone than the phrase “I love you”. Love to most people is holding hands, romantic movies, dates, and affection. But there's more than that; there's a deeper love that people care more about: late-night talks, 12-hour calls, endless communication, noticing things that people don’t usually pay attention to, and just borderline respect.
You don't need to have a partner to have love in your life. We have those bonds of love with our pets, family, and friends. Along with inanimate objects that we adore so much, like a food, movie, book, show, blanket, or even a stuffed animal, because they mean something to you. Love doesn’t always have to be romantic; love can be comforting. Love should be simple and sweet. And you would know it’s true when it’s automatic; easy to give and receive.
Hate is a powerful word, feeling, and mindset. Hate is a form of drowning in hopeless negativity. But hate is natural. Seeing people you know or don’t, that's in love, can be gut-wrenching, and you just can't help but hate that they can have something you don’t. Perhaps seeing your ex put more effort into a new girl than he ever did in your entire relationship could make you feel a powerful hatred. And suddenly that previous love and longing that still lingered in your heart crumbled and fell into that pit of despair and hatred in the back of our mind.
But hate can be remorseful and unintentional. Hating someone is just another form of blame or guilt. People hate each other because of something they did or couldn’t control. Or hate just comes from pure jealousy, just because someone else has what you always wanted or has what was taken away.
In the end, hatred is powerful, but not as powerful as love. Love is everywhere, including in hateful people's lives, and love is something you can’t avoid, unlike hate. You can always force yourself not to hate anything, but you could never learn to unlove someone unless they do something that makes you hate them. But we all know you reminisce at night when it’s silent, longing for those moments you once had, and disguise that melancholy as anger and hatred. So, in the end, hatred will never be as powerful as love.
