Is Sacrifice Weak?
"But I say unto you: love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you and persecute you."--Matthew 5:44
Lets be honest with ourselves, any fool can break something up or tear something down. It doesn't take a lot of talent to destroy--but to build?--that can take a lifetime. Anyone can spout off a cutting comment to someone, its a lot easier to do something for yourself then to do something for somebody else. And I'm not talking about doing something that doesn't cost you anything, or something that you can both enjoy together. I'm talking about doing something for somebody even if you don't really want to, even if it hurts, even if you don't like the person. That is truly giving. That takes an extraordinary individual to perform because its building something. It doesn't take any strength to tear something down, but to give takes everything.
Knowing that, why is it then that we think that such giving--even to our own such hurt--is weak? Why do we so often believe that to forgive and FORGET is weakness when it takes so much effort to accomplish?
Forgiveness is a sacrifice; to give--especially when you know that it'll hurt you and you'll receive nothing in return--is a sacrifice. If it takes more strength to do these things, to build rather then destroy, why then do we think that such sacrifice is weakness instead of strength?
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posted by thisisme @ 11:03 AM
6 Comments
6 Comments:
to forgive and not forget is human; even understandable. but forget? if you forget, you leave yourself open to more hurt and misuse by others. in my own opinon, anyway. guessed who this is yet?
Course I know who this is darlin, didn't think I'd forget about my sister, now did you?
Your right, to not forget is human, but thats what being strong in my opinion is: rising above what is considered "impossible" because its "humanity."
forgetting isn't impossible....it's just dumb, and that was my point. nothing is impossible if you put your mind to it, but why would you want to forget something that would leave you open and vulnerable to more of the same? i'm rambling....forget it...xoxoxo
ah yes, forgive me!
dunno about what, just in case, maybe sometime in the future. heehee!
anyway.
You're a wise man.
you are.
xx!
Holding a grudge against someone won't shield you from misuse. Real love will forgive and forget, not necessarily by erasing the memory, but by giving the person a "clean slate" in your mind and a chance to start over. "Forgetting" in that sense is letting go of the past. If they're truly sorry they deserve that. Even if they're not sorry, adding your bitterness to the hurt only compounds the problem.
Good post by the way Dre.
Bitterness, more than anything else, harms the vessel that contains it.
Good point, Dre!! That seemed pretty inspired, no?
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