New Year’s Resolutions for 2009: Forgiveness Tops Many a List
Forgiveness
A state of mind
More about you than me
Forgiveness
Nothing to do with stuff you may say I’ve done
That about which others, more savvy, might not have thought
Silences alienate
Anger bursts annihilate
Reason, too often not there
Do you really care?
You, not me
You, the one holding the grudge
You, the one whom it’s impossible to nudge
How upset you are is not what things are really about
Or your pout
Forgiveness
A state of mind
Distinguishes the difficult from the kind
Let another live, calmly, their life
Evaporate strife
Realize no one is perfect
We all make mistakes
And we all need breaks
Distance and time
Willingness and compensation
Altruism and imagination
Sometimes matters repair
Sometimes they induce heavier care
"Forgiveness," an 11-letter word
From word to action…
