Resentment and bitterness is the poison drank in hopes the other will perish.
Forgiveness is a moment of peaceful release not forgetting or unknowing but a shifting in mind and emotions a switch on a switch off a deep sigh of acceptance A moving on.
But what does it really mean and how to get there from here?
Resentment Bitterness Hurtfulness Forgiveness How to get from here to there?
These questions plague my day Dance through my night.
In a moment of light I wonder if self forgiveness makes it all right I realize then I have no magic sentence to make it all okay.
This unfathomable human moment perhaps there are no words to say.
But Being loving is that the answer? Kindness is that the cure? Self-acceptance comes in waves peace in moments found. Perhaps in these emotions forgiveness comes around.
When I get there from here I will tell you what I found.
Meanwhile Lightning and thunder color the horizon and flash towards the ground...
*In looking up the phrase "resentment is the poison I drink hoping the other will die" appears to have been first said by St. Augustine. Interestingly enough Nelson Mandela also said the same. I am always interested in definitions of forgiveness and would love to hear those of yours who happened upon this page. Many thanks. Steve.