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Old 03-20-2014, 06:21 AM
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Chille: The thing about hatred is that when you hate you give that other person power over you. Last Thanksgiving a woman who had had a stroke berated me publicly when I was trying to be nice to her and I think she may have been surprised to hear that I told her friends that I understood because she had been ill and that this had made her angry. With understanding comes forgiveness and this is the most powerful medicine to overcome hatred. It frees us from being emotionally dominated by those who don't understand you. It baffles them and leads them to reevaluate their own behavior.

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