I used to be a hateful person. “I hate you.” “I hate her.” “I hate him.” “Hate” was a disgusting word that came out of my mouth every five seconds.

It wasn't just me though. I realized how many times a day other people around me said the word “Hate” and I started to get angry about it.

Once I started to realize that all this “hate” was affecting my professional relationships with people (and not always on my end) , it infuriated me. It’s hard enough being an actress trying to find roles, and the last thing I need is some random bloke hating me, and not casting me because of it.

So. Here’s what I started doing differently; I started to forgive.

I started with some deep personal forgiveness steps. The man who sexually assaulted me a long time ago. I forgave him to his face. It felt amazing to let go of that hate and to be free from it finally from all those years.

I forgave so many people, I started to have people back in my life again. I started changing completely. Once I let go of all that hate inside of me, I realized how much energy I was wasting all this time.

I started to talk through this “hate” with other people.

I started talking to people more in general.

I realized that I didn't hate them after all. I was mad for stupid reasons.

We hate for such stupid reasons, most of the times if we just opened our mouths, and said why; damn a lot of problems would be solved!

My relationships were not the only things getting better.

I lost weight. It was a lot of weight because I could stop stressing about the stupid stress I was under “because of people”. I always used to find someone to blame for all this freaking hate. Hate is a you thing. I had to learn that. In total I lost about twenty pounds JUST BY HATING LESS. Because the less I hated, the less I stress ate.

But it is not just about the benefits for me. I started making people happy. Seeing people being happy around me, made me feel happy to make THEM happy. I’m not a person who enjoys the unhappiness of others.

Love. Makes the world go round. Love. Makes people happy, relationships better. I wish we could spread LOVE. I wish we could spread PEACE. I wish we could spread JOY.

Our tablets , and computers make it way to easy to hate one another. We hide behind our screens, and we post mean things about each other.

Why cant we just love people?

Donald Trump is one of the most hateful people in the entire country at the moment. If our leader cant even love, what is that teaching the people? Its teaching people its okay to hate, and its not.

When you are in love with the planet around you, and the people around you; your whole world starts to change.

You notice things you never noticed before, or bothered to notice.

It is a very different experience.

God, I love so much now, I don’t have TIME hardly anymore to hate.

Those people that I had issues with, I learned how to forgive; feel sorry for, and hope that they find some sort of salvation later on down the road in life.

I learned how to work with people I “hate” even in the professional world. Professionals do it all the time. I was denied a role I had earned and gotten because a person hated me. I didn't hate back, i simply moved on, wished them good vibes, and wished them the best. Yeah, some people might not like you, but you don’t have to hate them.

If we could “love” a bit more and refuse to hate. Things could be a lot different in this world. More collaborations could be made (good ones). More ideas could be spread. More things could get done. All this if we just opened our eyes to the beauty surrounded by us. The war in Syria could end. The war on terror on Muslims could end. Donald Trump's hate could end. Just learn to LOVE. Please. I’m begging you, if not for my sake; for the sake of others! Love. Love my friends. Love.