Self-Hatred (Pain and Suffering for Lent)
February 22nd, 2026 by G.
That acid taste of despising yourself. Perhaps in some distant day you will look back and see it as a spur to repentance and growth. But for now it is just a bitter fire of feeling sick at who you are.
When the bells justle in the tower
The hollow night amid,
Then on my tongue the taste is sour
Of all I ever did.
Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.