I have found that the writing muse will not show herself when I want nothing more than to see her. But for some reason will goose me when I am trying to comment on fellow tube travelers updates, post's or blogs. So I decided to take a few of these comments and see if I can expand on them.
This comment was my response to a friend who was wrestling with letting a family member back into his life after being estranged for over a decade.
-People are messed up and too often products of there environment. Often if someone is wronging you it is just part of a long chain of events that's origin is far off and long forgotten, the "butterfly effect"
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I tend to hate the qualities in other people that I hate in myself. Nothing occurs in a vacuum, Hurtful people are often victims themselves lashing out blindly. We take all this personally because we have a egocentric world view. Once you realize the universe is utterly indifferent and unaware of your existence. It becomes clear that it is all just a chain reaction. That is when it gets fun. Then the program can become the programmer.
It takes lots of energy and causes stress to hold grudges. why let the oppressors in your life control you. Forgiveness is the ultimate act of revolution. It takes away their power. Forgiveness is for the forgiver. It will set you free in the only true way you can be. Because we have no control over what happens to us any such control we think we have is an illusion. We have but one choice that can not be revoked. That is how we choose to react to the outside world. -
I disagree about the indifference of the universe, but like your ideas on forgiveness. It's something human beings have /always/ struggled with. We don't even know what it means, really.
ReplyDeleteIf you have some time, you should watch "Forgiving Dr. Mengele," it was a trip and a half.