Love VS Hatred

Isn’t it fascinating, to be able of feeling countless emotions in the nature of being a human being? Anger, sadness, anxiety, confusion… All kinds of emotions that are mixed up in our brains, bottled for proper uses. But how exactly can we measure these emotions? If there were methods to do so, how accurate are they? When someone is raising his tone, does he exhibit the emotion of anger? When tears flowing down one’s cheeks, does he exhibit the emotion of sadness? Questions keep flooding in, and yet the answers fail to be presented. Emotions remain a mystery to our nature, because they are rather abstract in state. No one can see them, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t exist because you do feel them. Your body reacts to the nature of emotions, how your body hair stands when you’re afraid and your lips curve downward in shaping a smile when you’re in joy. Tales were told that out of all of these emotions, two stand out in dominion, claiming the personality of a person. This is where love and hatred come into this context, how these two emotions are highly associated in shaping one’s personality and behavior. Love seems to solely reflecting one’s good personality and hatred, consuming the essence of humanity one possesses, leaving him to the basic instincts of a human being.

Good is a rather vague term to classify a man. It fails to set up a proper guideline in categorising the true nature of a human being. Does feeding the poor is considered as a good deed? From a perspective it is. You assist those who are in need, injecting the sense of joy although they are living in poverty, unable to attend to their basic needs. Well Robin Hood did that. In fact, he devoted himself in the cause of helping the poor. Attending to their needs, giving them hope in living their life for there is someone out there that is looking out for them. He appears as a heroic figure to the townsfolk, he and his band of Merry Men. But are we making an attempt to overlook of his deeds? How he and his band rob the wealth of the rich people in order to provide to the poor? Do we hail a band of thieves as our heroes? His intentions may be holy but as the saying goes; “Intention does not justify your action.” Now, that’s another example that is way too extreme in describing a good attitude. Laws are forged to keep men in check, so that in a way, an order is established. That is how our society classifies good and bad men; with the laws being the fine line in separating these two kinds. Those who abide the laws are labeled as obedient, loyal and good. While those who in a way oppose the already established motion, are known as criminals, thugs, devilish and all sorts of word to depict their evilness.

Now, the concept of good and evil is too general to be depicted within the context of our society. Everyone is just simply too different from each other that the process of grouping them has just become a total headache. So, isn’t this where we narrow it down to the basic nature of a man; and emotions are just the right tool to be used in evaluating them. It may be seen as a myth, a pseudoscience that love and hatred are two emotions that contradicting each other. The flames of hatred can be extinguished even with the slightest essence of affection and the glowing light of love can be dimmed even with the tiny flash of loathing. How irony it is that in most contexts in our life, these two emotions have been the core in shaping the roles of a character. As a good character is always bestowed with the gift of love, enjoying the privileges it offers. How in Harry Potter it is depicted that the motherly affection cast an ultimate shield that can endure all sorts of jinxes and evils even in a way, saving the life of a loved one. The antagonist, Lord Voldemort is depicted as a self-centered character, eager in seeking fame and glory with thirst for power. How his hatred towards Muggles has driven him to go beyond the boundaries and become the slave of evilness. Ultimately, Lord Voldemort engages himself in the deepest and darkest black magic and propelling himself from the taste of love.

Love is a powerful emotion in building our good personality. You cannot measure one’s affection but the signs are visible for display. How you wake up early in the morning, just to prepare breakfast for your sleeping loved one. How you keep your eyes staring at your loved one with a smile as she waves you goodbye, waiting for her to finally leave your sight. Those compliments you give randomly to your loved one just to see her flashing your favourite smile. It does not matter what the actions are, the only thing that matters is the thought. The sincerity that you conceal behind your words and actions, the care that you show every time your loved one is present and the loyalty you hold with no thoughts of letting go. That is how you are identified as a good character. Your relationships with other people are a good way of addressing your kindness and righteousness.

Hatred in contrast is a rival to the feeling of love. It dismisses the concept of fondness and attachment to a person. In fact, hatred functions as a fuel to enlarge your fiery rage flame. How you feel disgusted in the presence of a particular person, hoping that he will disappear from the same realm you are living in. Every action done by a specific person triggers your anger and how annoyed you are in whatever he does. In a way that you have learned to fake your smile and gestures just to signal yourself what an abomination that person is. You seek to put blame to a person’s actions even that which do not concern yourself just in an attempt to build up hostility. This is why hatred is highly associated with evilness because relationships deteriorate due to the exhibition and expression of this emotion. It poisons your thoughts and devours the element of humanity revolving around you.

These two concepts are the basic cores to the sides which a man may take in embarking and maneuvering his life. Embrace the feeling of love, and you may turn yourself as a good man perhaps better upon several levels of improvement. Let hatred engulf your consciousness and you will indeed play out differently, everything is a hostile in your very sight. But a man which is competent to truly claim his life is the one who knows to even up the quota of these two emotions. The one that has the same type of vial to store them both and use them wisely. A balance between love and hatred is difficult to locate but if successful in obtaining it, then you have conquered the conflict of good versus evil within yourself.

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