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About two decades ago, when I was in Junior High School, I had a classmate who consistently provoked me. In a conversation with Kizito, a classmate, I complained to him about this classmate of ours.<\/p>\n

“I hate this annoying classmate of ours”.<\/p>\n

Kizito’s face blew in surprise.<\/p>\n

He was alarmed.<\/p>\n

“Never say that again,” he replied with the seriousness of a headmistress.<\/p>\n

I asked him why? Because that guy was annoying. For one, he had punched me in the stomach for no valid reason.<\/p>\n

Kizito asked me if I knew the meaning of hate?<\/p>\n

He said, “When you hate someone, it means that you want them dead, to not exist”.<\/p>\n

I paused. Well, that did make me feel sorry for saying that. I could not stand the guy, but I did not want him to die. In my need to express my dislike, I guess it had been translated by the use of hate<\/em> as my desire to see him die.<\/p>\n

Hate. The seed we plant in us and nurture till it bears fruits. Only it is a plant that sinks its roots deep into us and poisons us.<\/p>\n

Hate. It is what we choose and justify based on the way others are. Luckily, there is always a reason to choose it.<\/p>\n

Hate. It is what we pass on to our children, in hints, conversations and our crossing to the other side of the street.<\/p>\n

Hate. It is why we fall sick. It is the poison we bury our soul in, so our enemy may die.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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