At some point, even the greatest misery begins to fade. Life, or what passes for life, plods on in it's own unending weary footsteps, and somehow we plod along with it, if we stay lucky.
People withhold their forgiveness, thinking that it makes them badass. But really, the unwillingness to forgive is merely the wishing that things were better. You wish that you had better, you wish that someone else were better so they could have treated you better... it__ you making wishes. And that__ not badass. To forgive is to be able to look at the person and say __ accept that you weren__ any better than what you were_, __ accept what you were you and couldn__ have been what I wished you to be_, __ accept that things were the way they were and weren__ any better._ The ability to forgive is intertwined with the ability to accept the reality of the way things are/ the way a person is or was. You stop wishing things and you just accept. And hope is what says to you: __ne day you__l have what__ better.
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People withhold their forgiveness, thinking that it makes them badass. But really, the unwillingness to forgive is merely the wishing that things were better. You wish that you had better, you wish that someone else were better so they could have treated you better... it__ you making wishes. And that__ not badass. To forgive is to be able to look at the person and say __ accept that you weren__ any better than what you were_, __ accept what you were you and couldn__ have been what I wished you to be_, __ accept that things were the way they were and weren__ any better._ The ability to forgive is intertwined with the ability to accept the reality of the way things are/ the way a person is or was. You stop wishing things and you just accept. And hope is what says to you: __ne day you__l have what__ better.
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