Hate is so convenient

“...I want my spirituality to rid me of hate, not give me reason for it.”

― Donald Miller, Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality

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oh

no, no, no, no, no

hate is so convenient

I can hate people who area different creed

I can hate people whose words are different

whose skin is different

whose way of thinking is different

and thus I protect myself

for “they” are clearly

out

and I am clearly

in

if I don’t want to hate

I can hate the haters

and convince myself of my own spirituality

oh

no, no, no, no

it doesn’t work that way

my hate is not different from their hate

hate is still hate

and it still destroys

it still feeds upon itself

and yet

there are this injustice

there are these lies

there is the choice to value money and devalue people

and I don’t know what to do

with those

responsible

how can my spirituality empty me of anger, disgust

how did Jesus stumble painfully to the cross

battered and covered with spit

and say

father forgive them

they know not what they do

today you will be with me

in

paradise