Tag: forgiveness
Hatred Only Hurts Your Own Heart
A boy confides in his father about his hatred for a friend who hurt him. The father said, “forgive him, get rid of your hatred.” “I can’t, Dad. I hate him very much.” The boy insisted. “Well then alright, now go to sleep, tomorrow morning we have something to do,” said the father. In the…
The power of forgiveness and the restoration of lost emails
Some years ago, our mail server at work was restructured. After that upgrade, my emails of the last 30 days were lost. Fortunately, I had already read all of them and there were no action items left. But still, I wanted to keep them just for the record. My initial reaction was self-righteous upset. “Oh boy, they…