Hate
No One, Hatred Hurts Your Heart, It Hurts Others Hearts: Smile Genuinely for PEACE
By Benjamin Pulle Niriwa, 25.10.2021
When the year is ending, one of the tools that is used by the devil to destroy people is hatred! Hating people but not their behavior can lead to the Four Cancerous Words of Peace: Sabotage, intolerance, discrimination, and stigma; or vice versa. Once any of these sets in trust is destroyed, but in the 21st Century’s World no one is completely “self-sufficient” (van den Toren et al., 2020). So, trust is needed as we all work in synergies as team members especially in health (Sifaki-Pistolla et al., 2019). Though most people cannot be trusted, trust especially in all relationships and health (Jaensson et al., 2019; Axelrod & Goold, 2000), is one of the best ways of neutralizing the 4 Cancerous Words of Peace. When hatred is replaced with “love” (Matthew, 22:34-40, 1611), trust flows in naturally and this mostly comes with countless genuine “smiles” (Ohta et al., 2021). Smiling (Ohta et al., 2021; Beamish et al., 2019; McGinley, 2017) is one of the best and cheapest medicine to be used as your personal “responsibility” (Levy, 2019) for a happy, healthy and peaceful life. Hatred hurts your heart, it hurts others hearts and stops you from smiling genuinely.
As the year is ending, all people should apply what a typical Ghanaian is noted for, Love. Human beings are created to love each other not to be hating ourselves with flimsy excuses. Hate the behavior of the human being: not the human being! Hatred has been a hidden pandemic that is always found in most pandemics! In the COVID-19 pandemic instead focusing our attention on it, Chinese at the initial stages were rather targeted as the problem (Niriwa, 2021; Demirtaş-Madran, 2020); they were discriminated against and stigmatized. Hatred adulterates the true culture of human beings! Humans are the most sociable creatures on earth who love to live, love, laugh and smile with each other in peace. For the fake of your personal, national, and global peace; flee hating others. Let us all tick to what makes us humans, smiling and loving each other for PEACE. Thank You for Reading!
Figure Love: Flee Hatred, Love All: Hate None
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