thoughts in chaos

long is the way and hard that out of hell leads up to the light. [john milton] the hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see. [ayn rand]


March 14, 2008

on forgiveness

as noble as it can be, forgiveness is a flawed concept. can we really forgive what is done to us? i mean, it's easy to say nevermind, forget about it, or i forgive you. but how easy is to truly feel it? is it hard, or ultimately impossible?
the thing is, evil can never be completely undone once it's done. we might forgive someone who hurts us. we might keep talking to that person, going out, watch the football game, buying a drink now and thenmaking love, pretend that nothing happened. but something happened, and no matter how many times we repeat to that person (and to ourselves) that we forgave, we have not forgotten. and a shadow, sometimes thick and deep, sometimes ethereal and shallow, always remains.

4:00 PM

 

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

This post solved a grand problem for me, combined with the quote above.

Thanks a bunch and take care

Weirdozoid

p.s. this is the best blog i've stumbled upon, ever.

20/9/11 17:55  
Blogger João Campos said...

I didn't remember this post any more. The funny thing is, I think it makes more sense to me now than it did back then.

Thank you for your words.

21/9/11 01:00  

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