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Re: forgiveness is very hard sometimes..
Ah.. I like what you said.. Indeed it's us who harm oursleves.. and eventually leading us to harm others around us. For me.. I forgive even if it means to lose something .. I treat people the way I like to be treated.. Maybe it is a disadvantage ..
Thank you LostinLife for your comment.. I appreciate it..
posted by
Saif_AlKindi
on July 19, 2013 at 11:51 AM
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forgiveness is very hard sometimes..
.. yes indeed.
Perhaps if we are thinking of the "cost" then we are not forgiving. I like your analagy with the wood. Yes, the wood and the nail are never the same. It is not the nail that did anything to the wood it is the person holding the hammer that did the damage to both the nail and the wood. If we cannot forgive folks in our past that harmed us then we may end up causing more damage to others than if we had just been able forgive the one person that caused us to want to start hammering nails and pulling them out again. Then we are able to put something together that the wood and the nail and the person holding the hammer can live with in peace and harmony. :)
I struggle with forgiveness on both sides of the coin. sometimes it is my lack of being able to forgive that causes me to harm another when, as I learn to forgive, the only person harmed is me - for a time - I heal, move on, learn from my mistake and nobody else gets hurt in the future. If I held on to that hurt - I would never learn from my mistake and people would always be hurt by me because of one person in my past that I would allow that kind of control over me... no way!! Someone that hurts me should never have that kind of control over me and people in my future - this is certain.
sorry so long a comment..
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posted by
SomeoneElse
on July 19, 2013 at 11:11 AM
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Re: UtahJay
To forgive is something good but sometimes it is at the cost of something..
posted by
Saif_AlKindi
on July 18, 2013 at 10:53 PM
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They say when God forgives he remembers nothing, being a recovering addict I can only hope those I hurt have the faith in me to forgive and forget, as I forgive those who do not.
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UtahJay
on July 18, 2013 at 10:20 PM
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