So I was driving home tonight, listening to the radio, and a song came on that I had only heard once before, but hadn't taken any particular notice to the lyrics of it. Anyway, listening to the lyrics this time sparked one of those interesting philosophical questions that you sometimes have with yourself in your head; ya know, the ones where you just think to yourself...'hmm':
"And truth be told, I miss you
And truth be told, I'm lying
When you see my face, hope it gives you hell, hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way hope it gives you hell, hope it gives you hell"
So thoughts started going through my head about pain and anger and hatred and betrayal and such. But in thinking of those things, I also thought about forgiveness. Why is it that people have to be so negative? Why do we all have to be so vindictive? Now I'm not trying to get all hippie on you, but seriously? Does it really make us feel better inside to seek revenge? Is that what brings us peace?
These situations bring particular concern to me when they involve relationships. I don't understand how someone can be so hurtful to a person that they once claimed to love. Is love not stronger than hate? It is one thing to be broken-hearted, but it is quite another to have a vengeful heart.
Yes I've been burned, that's part of life, but I am proud to say that I have not let any of those burns scar my heart. I have not let other people's transgressions make me bitter. However hard forgiveness may be, harboring anger and hatred hurts far more.
Though there are quite obviously exceptions, many times failure is 50/50. In knowing that, how do we ever expect to forgive ourselves and move forward, if we hold so much resentment in our hearts towards the one's who hurt us? In an arguably twisted way, we should be thanking these people who have broken us. Because for every time we break, we become stronger. These moments of pain help us become ourselves. It is a great measure of character when you are put into a position of pain and have the strength to overcome hate, understand forgiveness, and be able to grant it.
So let go of the anger inside, I promise it will be worth it. For we can never truly love ourselves until we learn to love all others, even those we call our enemies.
"We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies."
--Martin Luther King Jr.
And just as a side note, I wish that Logo would stop showing the SAME episode of the L Word over and over. It has come on 3 nights in a row. Oh well...I'm gonna go read instead.
Goodnight world :-)
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These situations bring particular concern to me when they involve relationships. I don't understand how someone can be so hurtful to a person that they once claimed to love. Is love not stronger than hate? It is one thing to be broken-hearted, but it is quite another to have a vengeful heart.
Yes I've been burned, that's part of life, but I am proud to say that I have not let any of those burns scar my heart. I have not let other people's transgressions make me bitter. However hard forgiveness may be, harboring anger and hatred hurts far more.
Though there are quite obviously exceptions, many times failure is 50/50. In knowing that, how do we ever expect to forgive ourselves and move forward, if we hold so much resentment in our hearts towards the one's who hurt us? In an arguably twisted way, we should be thanking these people who have broken us. Because for every time we break, we become stronger. These moments of pain help us become ourselves. It is a great measure of character when you are put into a position of pain and have the strength to overcome hate, understand forgiveness, and be able to grant it.
So let go of the anger inside, I promise it will be worth it. For we can never truly love ourselves until we learn to love all others, even those we call our enemies.
"We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies."
--Martin Luther King Jr.
And just as a side note, I wish that Logo would stop showing the SAME episode of the L Word over and over. It has come on 3 nights in a row. Oh well...I'm gonna go read instead.
Goodnight world :-)
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