March 23, 2009

  • Is it easier to forgive or forget?

     

     

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    "Unforgiveness is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die" - From the Secret on Oprah

    In my experience I have found it much easier to forget than forgive.

    I tend to grasp and hoard every hurt, real and imagined. I've got great heaping stockpiles of indignation, insult, and invented indignity sorted, graded as to intensity, carefully weighed and triaged into neat catagories and degree of urgency of retribution. Every offense is dear to me and nobody, NOBODY, is going to deny me my day of vengence.

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    But then I realize that others probably feel the same about that guy who just stole my parking space.

     

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    And so goes my life !


       

    I would have answered this Featured Question; but I've forgotten what it was!

     

     

Comments (8)

  • brilliant

  • A very good way to answer this!

  • Whoa!  Now you've got me wondering if I ever ticked you off with a comment!  

  • You're right about forgiveness. It's hard to remember that. Lol, about the other pictures. I think I've seen those people in the parking lot!

  • @ideaguy - Never! Those who know me well know that I have a hair trigger temper that I have struggled to bring under control over the years. Most will say that I managed to mellow gracefully but there is always that one litte 'thing' that will get my back up.

    So I practice "not taking offense" in order to keep myself mellow. I always try to forget long before forgiveness is needed. Unforgiveness is cancer to the soul.

  • Very true!

    RYC: I'm not 100% but I'm better thanks.

  • Me too!  I have a really hard time forgiving.  The hubby can't understand why I don't "get over it".  Good thing he and I don't fight or life would be rough around here. 

    That chocolate cake was sure being enjoyed!  Cute!

  • For little things, I forget what it was even about most of the time. So I guess it gets forgiven and forgotten. Little things piss me off like people downing my man for president I soon forget.... But the bigger things like a gun held on my son and grandchild, I'll never forget. and my sister in law doing her brother terribly and starting the whole mess...I still haven't forgiven those. I finally told the Lord that if He isn't going to get even with those people, just help me forgive them. So far nothing has happened.

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