If you could eliminate one emotion from the world, would you? Which one? Why?

If I could eliminate one emotion from the world, I would remove hatred.

Hatred is intense feelings of dislike towards someone or something. Hatred has been the cause of many wars and fights, which have resulted in many deaths. Hatred is a very dangerous emotion that brings out the worst in people. People turn violent and aggressive when hatred is in their heart. One such example would be Hitler. He hated the Allied Powers for making Germany poor and bankrupt. thus, he rallied the people and prosecuted the Jews. The war that he caused claimed over 60 million lives. All because of hatred.

Hatred also has many disadvantages. People who harbour hatred in their heart are:

• never fully happy or content.


• bitter and cold toward almost everybody in their life.


• not sought out by others to be a friend.


• socially isolated and lonely.


• caustic, hostile, sarcastic and cynical.


• lacking in enthusiasm, energy and spontaneity in their daily life.


• mistrusting, paranoid and suspicious in their relationships.


• easily provoked to anger

Hatred may be caused by jealousy, thirst for revenge and if that person irritates you. It can cause harm to everyone around you. Thus, it is important to know how to control your hatred.

Firstly, you need to learn how to forgive others. If others made you feel hurt, you must first forgive that person. Also, you need to know whether he scolded you because you were wrong or just to insult you. You must not retaliate before knowing who is in the wrong.

Secondly, you must learn how to treat others well so that they have a good relationship with you. Only then will they not insult you. You need to treat them fairly and help them when they need help. Always try to talk to they kindly and not continuously criticise them. The Bible says: "Do unto others what you want them to do unto you." If you want other people to like you, you have to first respect and care for their feelings. If you scold them and beat them, they will also scold you and beat you. This cycle of hatred will continue for a long time.

Thus, I hope that everyone will learn to love and not hate. Also, even if you cannot remove this emotion from the world, you can at least remove this emotion from your life. If everyone can do this, or even limit the amount of hatred, the world will be a much better place.