Love-hate relationships

Love is the greatest thing in the world. I base this declaration on my own personal life experiences and on 1 Corinthians 13. Love allows us to be free. Love allows us to feel. It also allows us to express ourselves. Often where love exists, every other thing seems to be unimportant.

Hate is a very strong feeling. It has a way of eating us inside and outside too. Where hate exits, everything tends to go wrong.

A love-hate relationship exists when the two emotions occur simultaneously. You find yourself feeling so much love with uncontrollable abandon and then the next moment you completely feel hate. This kind of relationship is really toxic and can cause a person to feel a lot of mental tension.

I have a love-hate relationship with carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are so sweet to my tongue. I particularly love rice. I love beans too and I used to assume it was more protein than anything until I found out that it contains more carbohydrates than rice. The carb content of 100g of rice is 28g while beans sit at 63g.

I hate what carbohydrates do to my body. Whenever I decide to stay off carbs, one week is just enough to get my skin glowing, my waist line showing and my body to stop aching. One day back on carbs and I lose all the progress I made in the whole week. This cycle has left me sad and depressed in some seasons of my life.

I am not so sad about it right now but I am not happy either. One thing I am not confused about is how I feel about this love-hate relationship;

I HATE IT.