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To forgive, they say, is divine. To err, human.
If we go by this, being human sounds like a cakewalk. Being divine, though, is a hell of a task. Do you find it easy to forgive? I admit I don’t.
Forgiveness is considered to be the noblest thing to do. It benefits not just who you have forgiven, but also yourself. You are finally past the anger that had become you. You have let go of the past and found hope again. I know they talk about the virtue of forgiveness in a lot of spiritual teachings.
As glorious as it sounds, it’s so damn difficult to let go of all the hurt! It’s a long long journey, and such a difficult one. Sometimes it may not turn out to be worth it, and sometimes so totally worth it.
I for one, have erred (I fit very well into the human race), have been forgiven, have been erred against, and have forgiven too. All of this has been quite a journey, but the most difficult and lengthy journey of all has been when I had to forgive myself. A person has such high expectations from oneself that when you goof up, you disappoint yourself the most of all.
I know that life will always demand that we let go and forgive. It has been tough, and it’s never going to get any easier. But that doesn’t mean we won’t have to do it anymore. Well, no joke being divine!
we all have people in our lives whom we never forgive. these are mostly people who are out of our lives intentionally or as a co incidence. they themselves, really don't care whether we have forgiven them or not.
ReplyDeleteand what if one fine day we bump across them? how would we react? would we forgive the harsh past we have had with them in a fraction of a second and talk to them like before? or pretend to be nice even if we are holding grudges? or actually hold a grudge and make it evident? maybe talk to them about what happened, and then try and sort things? what would one do??
i think over a period of time, we all have to forgive ourselves; as after long mourning, we all realize, its just not worth. the later we realize it, more the agony we go through.
Damn right, Amit. I have someone I have not been able to forgive. A certain friend-turned-foe. You know who I'm talking about right?:) Remember the October of 2009? heehee...It almost makes me laugh, it's like our joke now!
ReplyDeleteYou have made such excellent observations.