Anger and Hate Are Not Our Purpose

 

Anger and Hate Are Not Our Purpose

There’s a heavy cloud that seems to follow many of us these days—a sharpness in words, a quickness to attack, a restlessness in our spirit. People are angry. People are hateful. And we keep asking: why?

Some say it’s because people are hurting. And yes, hurt can often show itself as rage or bitterness. But I believe something else is happening too—something deeper and quieter. I believe much of the anger and hate we see in the world today comes from a kind of forgetfulness. A forgetting of who we are. A forgetting of why we’re here.if 

Not everyone who is angry is in pain. Some are simply lost in a world of distraction and disconnection. Many people haven’t been taught how to know themselves. They’ve never been given tools to reflect, to feel deeply, to pause before reacting. There’s an ignorance—not of intelligence, but of self. A lack of self-knowledge, of spiritual awareness, of emotional literacy. And in that vacuum, anger becomes the loudest voice.

But I do not believe that’s our purpose. I do not believe God—or whatever force breathed life into us—created us to waste our energy in division, resentment, and cruelty. Those may be the habits of our society, but they are not the purpose of our souls.

We are here to learn, to evolve, to understand ourselves and each other. We are here to turn inward when the world feels chaotic and ask: What am I bringing to this moment? Is it light or darkness? Am I acting from clarity or confusion?

So many of us were never taught to manage our emotions. We were taught to win arguments, to prove points, to protect our pride—but not how to be still with what we feel. Not how to breathe through discomfort. Not how to pause and listen within.

And as a result, energy is wasted. Precious life energy—meant for creating, healing, building—is spent in defense and attack. Instead of learning to respond, we react. Instead of moving toward wisdom, we spiral into noise.

But there’s another way.

It starts with a willingness to be honest with ourselves—to say, “I don’t want to live in anger. I don’t want to be ruled by hate. I want to understand myself. I want peace, and I want to give peace to others.”

That kind of honesty is the beginning of freedom. That kind of inner work is what makes real change possible.

We were not made to live small, reactive lives. We were made to carry wisdom, to embody grace, to bring kindness into the spaces we occupy. We were made to shine—not with ego, but with a steady inner light that calms the storm.

And even if the world around us forgets this truth, we can choose to remember. We can become examples of what is possible when we stop feeding anger and start cultivating presence.

God did not put us here to be angry and hateful. That is not our calling. That is not our purpose.

Our purpose is to become so rooted in self-awareness, in love, and in the quiet knowing of our worth—that we become mirrors for others to do the same.