How to have compassion for hateful & hurtful people: Focus less on their behavior, and more on the pain BEHIND their behavior. Hurt people hurt people. But how did they get hurt in the first place? By being denied the love we all want and need.
Think of the little innocent child they once were. All they wanted was love. Despite all their anger and venom, all they STILL want is love. But the less they receive, the more hateful they become. Love is the only answer to hate.
But love cannot come without understanding. We fear and resist what we do not understand. True love means accepting a person, ALL parts, and loving their essence beneath all the layers of pain, neglect, and trauma, which is actually just pure love itself.
