We Forgive Freely Or We Do Not

The Problem With Revenge Is That It Never Gets What It Wants; It Never Evens The Score. Fairness Never Comes. The Chain Reaction Set Off By Every Act Of Vengeance Always Takes Its Unhindered Course. It Ties Both The Injured And The Injurer To An Escalator Of Pain...why Do Family Feuds Go On And On?...the Reason Is Simple: No Two People, No Two Families, Ever Weigh Pain On The Same Scale.

Gandhi Was Right: If We All Live By 'an Eye For An Eye' The Whole World Will Be Blind. The Only Way Out Is Forgiveness.

Forgiving Is An Affair Strictly Between A Victim And A Victimizer. Everyone Else Should Step Aside...the Worst Wounds I Ever Felt Were The Ones People Gave To My Children. Wrong My Kids, You Wrong Me. And My Hurt Qualifies Me To Forgive You. But Only For The Pain You Caused Me When You Wounded Them. My Children Alone Are Qualified To Forgive You For What You Did To Them.

Any Moment That Opens Us Up To The Reality That Life Is Good Is A Parable Of The Supreme End For Which We Were Made.

Spoken Forgiveness, No Matter How Heartfelt, Works Best When We Do Not Demand The Response We Want. I Mean That When We Tell People We Forgive Them, We Must Leave Them Free To Respond To Our Good News However They Are Inclined. If The Response Is Not What We Hoped For, We Can Go Home And Enjoy Our Own Healing In Private.