"Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge." I saw this wonderful old saying again in a
book recently. It got me to thinking about all the times that I have been able
to forgive others in my life and all the joy that it has brought me. One memory
stands out particularly well. I was a young boy spending a week at 4-H camp
during the Summer. I was having a great time and enjoying everything about it
except for another young boy about my age. To say we didn’t get along would be
an understatement. We spent most of the week irritating, insulting, and picking
on each other. Words finally came to blows on the next to last day of camp. We
got into a fist fight which I lost. Thankfully, older boys broke it up before I
was hurt too much. I spent the rest of the day alone, sulking and stewing in my
own anger.
The next day my spirits were lifted, however, when my Mom brought the boys in
our cabin some of her delicious homemade pizzas. I was enjoying a few slices of
it when I saw the other boy sitting by himself at the bottom of the steps
outside. He seemed very lonely right then. I am not sure what moved me to do so,
but I took my pizza down and shared it with him. It made all the anger and pain
inside me go away. We became friends after that. I never got into another fist
fight either. I had found out that sharing and forgiving were way more fun and a
lot less painful.
Forgiveness truly is the sweetest revenge. It can turn an enemy into a friend.
It can free a heart from the chains of anger, hatred, and pain. It can open a
soul to the sweetness of love and joy once again. It can help you to live by the
Golden Rule and to create a Golden Life. It can bring you back to oneness with
God in everything you think, feel, and do. That is why I often pray, "God help
me to forgive, help me to give, and help me to love." May your life always be
full of sweet forgiveness then. May you always delight in its Heavenly charms."
From India, Madras
1book recently. It got me to thinking about all the times that I have been able
to forgive others in my life and all the joy that it has brought me. One memory
stands out particularly well. I was a young boy spending a week at 4-H camp
during the Summer. I was having a great time and enjoying everything about it
except for another young boy about my age. To say we didn’t get along would be
an understatement. We spent most of the week irritating, insulting, and picking
on each other. Words finally came to blows on the next to last day of camp. We
got into a fist fight which I lost. Thankfully, older boys broke it up before I
was hurt too much. I spent the rest of the day alone, sulking and stewing in my
own anger.
The next day my spirits were lifted, however, when my Mom brought the boys in
our cabin some of her delicious homemade pizzas. I was enjoying a few slices of
it when I saw the other boy sitting by himself at the bottom of the steps
outside. He seemed very lonely right then. I am not sure what moved me to do so,
but I took my pizza down and shared it with him. It made all the anger and pain
inside me go away. We became friends after that. I never got into another fist
fight either. I had found out that sharing and forgiving were way more fun and a
lot less painful.
Forgiveness truly is the sweetest revenge. It can turn an enemy into a friend.
It can free a heart from the chains of anger, hatred, and pain. It can open a
soul to the sweetness of love and joy once again. It can help you to live by the
Golden Rule and to create a Golden Life. It can bring you back to oneness with
God in everything you think, feel, and do. That is why I often pray, "God help
me to forgive, help me to give, and help me to love." May your life always be
full of sweet forgiveness then. May you always delight in its Heavenly charms."
From India, Madras
Hi,
Very nice thing put up here but very few understand this.But still goodness is alive coz of people thinking like u and knowing and enjoying the joy of it.But in the adult world people mostly dont understand that so u got to use ur weapons (not to harm but to make them understand r to protect urself from harm from the wrong doers)May god protect you from evil nd bad eye if you still have that quality in you.
From India, Hyderabad
Very nice thing put up here but very few understand this.But still goodness is alive coz of people thinking like u and knowing and enjoying the joy of it.But in the adult world people mostly dont understand that so u got to use ur weapons (not to harm but to make them understand r to protect urself from harm from the wrong doers)May god protect you from evil nd bad eye if you still have that quality in you.
From India, Hyderabad
Dear Adayaranumon
I agree with you that, forgiveness is sweet revenge, and it brings peace, but what if the wrong doers take it for granted. considering that victim is soft target.
people taunt, curse, abuse and make one feel miserable and when we still forgive them, they come back to harass you again. knowing we will forgive them again.
From Kuwait, Salmiya
I agree with you that, forgiveness is sweet revenge, and it brings peace, but what if the wrong doers take it for granted. considering that victim is soft target.
people taunt, curse, abuse and make one feel miserable and when we still forgive them, they come back to harass you again. knowing we will forgive them again.
From Kuwait, Salmiya
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