FORGIVENESS IS THE FINAL FORM OF LOVE
“B lame keeps wounds open,” says Thomas S. Manson, “Only forgiveness heals.” I know it is true. Yet, I find it so difficult to end this blame-game. Frankly, I only pretend, often, that I don’t blame… But, I alone know what a lie that is! Now, why is it so difficult for me to end the blame-game completely? What comes on the way? My Ego! Our Egos! So often, I have seen, that we come very close to ending our misunderstandings and making peace. But, just when we are about to embrace, something – some past unresolved memory, hurt etc – pops up, and we step back, once again! ‘We’ means… two people from within our families, as close as a husband and a wife, a parent and a son or daughter, an uncle/aunt and a nephew/niece… two partners in a business, two neighbours, two community members, two business or political opponents etc… Experience shows us, that, even though we all desire to live a peaceful life, we do not know what prevents us from d...