FORGIVENESS IS NOT AN 'ACT'... IT'S A STATE OF GRACE
"Hurt is poison that intoxicates and kills. Keeping heartache in the heart is a self-destructive gesture... Those who do not forgive are physically, emotionally and spiritually ill." - Pope Francis O ne of the things I do not like to watch about myself is my angry bouts. I often get into angry bouts at home, in my classes and at times at other places. But, because most of my time is spent at home – with my family - and at my work place – with my students – the people who are directly affected by my anger – shall I call my ‘temper? – are my own family people and students… When my anger fizzles out, I look back and laugh at myself. That saves me from going insane or poisonous. I have never found myself – mercifully – ever set on a justifying trip. No, I feel very, very bad about my loss of composure… I feel sorry and resentful, even though there is a lot of scope for justification… But, the fact that, no amount of justification can ch...