Forgiveness....
How easy is it to forgive someone especially when you know that the offender has committed a grave offence? Ask a rape victim if she can forgive her rapist simply because the court of law decreed him "mentally unsound" and awarded him a mild sentence.
Ask a mother if she can forgive her only son's killers who were too drunk to notice a young boy crossing the road.
Ask the descendents of persecuted Jews if they can forgive the proponents of anti-semitism of the last century.
Ask the fourth generation descendents of the Hiroshima/Nagasaki nuclear bomb victims if they can ever forgive the people behind their misery.
It is far easier said than done.
Time heals. Yes it does. But does it make it easier for the victims to forgive? What does forgiving entail?
It means that the victim quells the hatred in his/her mind towards his/her offender. The act of forgiveness probably allows the victim to move on in life. If the victim continues to kindle the flame of hatred towards the offender, he/she continues to relive the moment of misery every time the offender's thought crosses his/her mind. Forgiveness allows the victim to delink the past and continue to live.
After all, to forgive is divine, isn't it?
How easy is it to forgive someone especially when you know that the offender has committed a grave offence? Ask a rape victim if she can forgive her rapist simply because the court of law decreed him "mentally unsound" and awarded him a mild sentence.
Ask a mother if she can forgive her only son's killers who were too drunk to notice a young boy crossing the road.
Ask the descendents of persecuted Jews if they can forgive the proponents of anti-semitism of the last century.
Ask the fourth generation descendents of the Hiroshima/Nagasaki nuclear bomb victims if they can ever forgive the people behind their misery.
It is far easier said than done.
Time heals. Yes it does. But does it make it easier for the victims to forgive? What does forgiving entail?
It means that the victim quells the hatred in his/her mind towards his/her offender. The act of forgiveness probably allows the victim to move on in life. If the victim continues to kindle the flame of hatred towards the offender, he/she continues to relive the moment of misery every time the offender's thought crosses his/her mind. Forgiveness allows the victim to delink the past and continue to live.
After all, to forgive is divine, isn't it?
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