captured!

forgiveness is so big a word most people can’t even contain it, much less practice it in the real world where there is reason to forgive because there are sinners and there are sins — two more big words that make the issue much more complicated or then again, insanely simpler for those who’ve “mastered” the skill.but for those of us who have yet to, everyday is a battle with a hurtful past.

i’m not a moralist, i’m not a life coach, and i have a throng of names buried way way down my to-forgive list which i started filling at the age of eight. believe me, it gets hard when you’re 35 and you’re still counting. it makes you sick to think that after all those years, it still makes you sick that some people had treated you in the sickest ways possible and you just can’t get over it. it’s a sick sick sick cycle. that’s why i believe we NEED to forgive. people need to break that cycle of feeling sorry for themselves because quite frankly, it’s just the pride that we think we lost to our offenders that keeps us from letting go. forgiveness gives us back that pride and makes us whole again.

Tags: forgiveness, hurtful past, offenders, past, peace of mind, pride, whole