A subject that comes up typically when wronged by a person in some way, either in word or deed. That subject, of course, is forgiveness, or letting it go. I have, as some know, been wronged by numerous people to a greater or lesser extent depending, from family to friends to significant others. I have heard it said from time to time that forgiveness is a sign of weakness, of sentimentality, that the way to be is to strike back. To "screw them back" or "screw them before they can screw you" has never been a philosophy of mine, though "eye for an eye" does have its appeal sometimes.
Being a forgiving sort of person....well, depending, I have been accused of being weak, or being a sap, or a fool. That may be the case, but it seems to me that giving everyone that's ever done me wrong the finger is the easy way out. Since I'm all about the hard choices, the tough road, the uneven path, that's a bit too simple for me. Or maybe I'm a glutton for punishment; I've heard that too rather recently lol.
But...easy it is to be angry, to wreak vengeance for wrongs committed against me, to....avenge my heart and life. But...that's the easy road, the simple one. Many things my life has been...strange, blessed, charmed, cursed. "Easy" is not one of those, sometimes unfortunately. It is the hard choices that make us, the difficult road that is the most rewarding in the end, someday Karmic Debt comes due, after all lol. Maybe with this particular philosophical argument with a very, very old friend he won after all...
So...to those that have abused it, or think that my forgiveness is a sign of weakness, or 'asking for it", hear this. Forgiveness is the hardest thing you can do to someone that's done you wrong, it does not make me weaker than you, but infinitely stronger. You are the weak ones, falling prey to anger, spite, and bitterness over wrongs; imagined or otherwise.
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