FORGiVENESS.....

So with the year 2008 coming to a rapid and much needed end, I think it's the perfect time for everyone to do a little reflecting on this past year. I am a true believer that one of the core values in life is FORGiVENESS. Being that I am a Libra, this is something I struggle with EVERYDAY. Seriously, I can hold a grudge so long it makes NO SENSE. When you can no longer remember why you are angry with someone, it's a problem. But, so often we are so hurt by a person that we remain angry or bitter. Sometimes it is because our pride is hurt, our feelings are hurt...and sometimes it's just because we are fucking fed up or annoyed. But at the end of the day, you have to keep in mind that at some point in time, you liked that person...you cared about that person...you may have even loved that person. When you go from spending everyday with someone or talking to someone everyday to all of a sudden never speaking to them, it leaves an empty place for all parties involved. But you being the stubborn and "angry" one, probably don't even know it. The funny thing is that 9 times out of 10, someone has done something wayyyy more fucked up to you in the past and you have forgiven them, but because it was THIS person or because it was THIS week, it was more than you could or would take and you decided to throw dueces. And you probably think it is or was your right to do so. I mean, HEY!, you have other friends...other girls...other boys...just people and things OTHER THAN THEM. But keep this in mind...there was a point in time when that person made you smile...a text or call from them made a bad day seem a little bit more bearable...the two of you laughed at stupid things...and other people wished they could be as fly&&flashy as the two of you. And realize that this same person probably misses you more than they could ever put into words...so they will soon stop trying to. And they are sorry for everything ever did or didn't do. This person showed weakness in that moment in which they made you upset, but the sad thing is NOW you are showing your own weakness in your lack of forgiveness and understanding. We all make mistakes. Reverse the situation and ask yourself if you think that the person you're mad at would have forgiven you if the shoe had been on the other foot. Chances are, they probably would have. Chances are you've probably done things that have hurt or angered them...and they've already forgiven you...if they haven't, they will. Life is way too short to spend it being bitter. Or to spend your days trying to forget someone who might change your life if you let them. You never know someone's place or purpose in your life. So don't try to play God. Let HIM decide who is supposed to stay around and who is not. Like I said, we all make mistakes...and you never know what was going on in that person's life or head on the day they "pissed you off". Give people the benefit of the doubt...because you never know people's true intentions. And always remember there was a day when you needed or wanted someone to forgive you...and there will be more of those days to come.
Trust Me.
Believe Me.
Call if you need Me.
But most of all, FORGIVE ME.

*~*SMOOCHES FROM MORGAN*~*

"We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies."
--Martin Luther King, Jr.

"We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends."
--Sir Francis Bacon

"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is an attribute of the strong."
--Mahatma Gandhi