For You and For Me, Forgive

At least once in the numerous instances in our lifetime, we have made decisions that we instantly, or through time have regretted. Such instances eat us alive, drowning us with deep what if’s until we eerily get consumed by our virtue. Whether it is us that do such to ourselves or others – at some point – have done a certain thing to us, we tend to choose to move past and cling unto such moments, chilling our hearts, hardening it like rock.

As we continue on with our daily lives, we like to forget such moments. Idiocracy to us at most, but perhaps, we were wrong to forget without forgiving. We never realize that what we have overlooked will likely grow and bloom to disrupt the life we forcefully create for ourselves. A silent sprout growing deep inside you, wanting to be released, but in time and dismay, will seek to lavish the peace we pursue.

The people who’ve always sought for acceptance and forgiveness for any doing that they may have done either to themselves or to others know how hard it is to live in doubt, fear, and perhaps, anxiety. Consequently, the people who’ve learned the peaceful art of forgiving know how it’s like to live in anger. They know how it’s like to be consumed by the hate that they chose to plant within them.

However, to forgive and be forgiven is not as easily said than done. It is by nature to us humans that we tend to let our ego and pride block the way of resolution. What is supposed to be a quick and easy fix to a wound scraped in our skin, grows deeper through time and becomes a pain to carry. A simple “sorry” and “I forgive you” gets trapped inside us, ultimately sealing it in the darkest depths of our hearts.

But it is not always our fault if we take our time to heal from whatever has hurt us or if we take our time to realize the consequence of our action. Sure, it has a process, but what should and always be important is that we learn to fix things with people – not leave an unsettled chapter, and choose to move forward with a weight strapped to our legs.

So, to the people who have done something and chose distance over resolution, go back and apologize; who knows, maybe that someone was only waiting for your sorry to heal whatever wound you have brought. To those people who continue to live with hate and anger, that is not you. You are more beautiful when you accept the flaws of people, and forgive the wrongs they may have done. True peace comes when love prevails.