Forgiveness

This was on a greeting card I came across while sending birthday cards to
friends. It is SO perfectly written that I wanted to save it in my
journal. I feel this way and I wish that everyone else would.

Forgiveness is letting go of the pain
and accepting what has happened,
because it will not change.

Forgiveness is dismissing the blame.
Choices were made that caused the hurt;
we each could have chosen differently,
but we didn't.

Forgiveness is looking at the pain,
learning the lessons it has produced,
and understanding what we have learned.

Forgiveness allows us to move on
towards a better understanding
of universal love and our true purpose.

Forgiveness is knowing that love
is the answer to all questions,
and that we all are in some way connected.

Forgiveness is starting over
with the knowledge that we have gained.
I forgive you, and I forgive myself.
I hope you can do the same.
-Poem by Judith Mammay

I know some things take time, some more for others.
I did not always know how to forgive. I am still not at perfection
but I am a lot closer than I ever was at it. I just hope that all
I know & love will find forgiveness for me and all around them one day.