Hatred

Yesterday, a man I know casually on Facebook posted how his daughter from Haiti experienced racism yesterday. He expressed how he was sad his daughter would go through such a thing.

While it is horribly awful for anyone to experience racism, you can experience ignorance in so many aspects. As parents, you want to protect your child from any kind of harm. However, sad and hurt feelings are a part of life, and it is how we react to them what really matters. If we are never taught how to handle being sad, hurt or scared in our youth, we won't ever know how to handle them as adults. That can potentially lead to a variety of vices, which often are not healthy.
When we face situations which cause hurt, sadness, anger, frustration, in our lives and especially in the lives of our children, use that as an opportunity to learn, to empower, uplift. Teach to show words of kindness and love to others. We all experience these emotions, and it is important to learn how to handle hurt feelings, so as we grow and begin to experience these emotions at work, at play, at church and any place life leads us, we are equipped to do our best to be our best. Because the only way to become our best self, is by being pushed to get out there.
When you experience hurt, sadness, or an emotion that brings you down, work through that hurt. Find the strength to push forward, and have peace in your heart.
We have hate in the world we live in, and it is how we react to it that matters.