Ah! That word forgiveness tore at my heart for a very long time my friend.
How do you forgive a man that was the cause of your younger sister's death?
Especially if it was not an ordinary death, but a .38 Revolver ending in the prime of her life!
Or a father that walked away when you were a toddler, married another woman and had 5 sons with her?
Yes! Indeed you can forgive and I have after much suffering and the result is my kindness towards all others, for in my forgiveness I discovered my true self.
But there is this one thing that remains, one can forgive, but one will never forget.
Ps! I buried my estranged father as he died from Gangrene after severe suffering and the guy that was married to my sister is facing disaster after disaster in his own life.
The golden rule; Treat others the way that you want to be treated!
Blessings!
That is the key to life right there!
You do not need to forget in order to forgive! In fact, I think it is the remembering that acts as our perpetual council of perspective.
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Absolutely correct and so well said that I cannot even add to it.
You know exactly what I was talking about.
We are fellow travelers it seems!
Blessings!
xoxoxo