Forgiveness

I've got a close friend whose father is a famous songwriter. In his heyday, he wrote some of the most memorable love songs you know...but now, he's a bitter old man. Despite repeated attempts on the part of his family, he refuses to speak with his children or grandchildren. It's tragic. Whatever transgressions he imagines them guilty of, there's nothing, short of his stubborn insistence, to prevent a reconciliation. Instead, he'll soon go to his grave with a trunk full of music he's written that embraces what a wonderful world we live in...while his world is angry and lonely. If the crafter of our most cherished love songs can be deluded into withholding forgiveness, how easy is it for the rest of us to fall prey to a similar fate? If you're angry at someone, find a way to forgive them. Don't waste your days burning in resentment. Life's too short, and your bitterness hurts you more than them.

"It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend."
-William Blake