There are 2 ways to "hate" someone

I realized this week that there is 2 different kinds of "hate". There is the kind where you truly do not like someone. The kind of dislike that makes your stomach turn every time you think of them. It has been my experience that eventually this kind of "hate" wears off.

Then their is the other kind of "hate" the kind where you say you hate someone yet secretly realize you do only because you wish you had what they had. I suppose some would call that envy or jealousy. I decided this week that I would call it inspirational. Wanting something someone else has is more like a undiscovered dream or goal. Having a dream or a goal is what keeps most of us going on a daily basis.

Now I do not consider myself some who "hates" a lot. In fact, I can count on half of one hand how many people I have "hated" in my lifetime. But I do think that dreams and goals can get lost in the everyday shuffle. So I thank those recently that I have "hated", it has put my life back into focus.

Life is funny that way.