I Love You Even If You Hate Me…

Choose Love Not Hate

Photo by Samuel Regan-Asante on Unsplash

Another unusual post is coming your way, but I feel that considering the level of hatred in the world, love is an important message. The message to choose love not hate is crucial. On any given day, the newspapers and social media are flooded with stories of hate, and it breaks my heart.

It’s Not Love; Hatred Is All Around

We have:

• JK Rowling consistently ramping up her rhetoric against the trans community
• Horrifically regular killings of African Americans by the police
• Homophobia in response to the new Last of Us series,
• The crushing of women’s rights in Iran, and indeed much of the Middle East. women say they are treated like children in Qatar, the site of the most recent World Cup
• Racism and misogyny at football matches across the UK and Europe

It’s hideous, and it makes me so sad. We have never had access to so much information at any point in history. It has never been so easy to connect with people around the world and learn about their views, customs and way of life.

But instead of approaching others with open minds and hearts, it seems many use these differences as an excuse to spew the vilest…