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Fossil_Fetcher 76M

2203 posts
8/31/2018 6:42 am

I should. You should. We should.

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Non ego te hic placere

Fossil_Fetcher 76M

9752 posts
8/31/2018 6:47 am

I'd love a response which didn't contain the words "crosshairs," "venom" or "spew."

Fossil

Non ego te hic placere

FargoChic2018 67F

8/31/2018 7:31 am

Love This Quote

MrsJoe 76F

17391 posts
8/31/2018 7:40 am

Beautiful words to live by, but also difficult to do sometimes.

Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.

Fossil_Fetcher replies on 8/31/2018 9:47 am:
Like always, you usually get what you give. That, my friend, is something I should remember when dealing with the trials of life. It is, indeed, difficult to do.

Fossil

looklook 84M

3925 posts
8/31/2018 7:53 am

“Let us forgive each other-only then will we live in peace.”
--Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

Fossil_Fetcher replies on 8/31/2018 9:50 am:
I remember reading War and Peace many years ago and found it a bit tedious. I may pick it up and give it another try. Thanks for the quote. It is exactly what I had in mind when I wrote the blog.

Fossil

MrsJoe 76F

17391 posts
8/31/2018 9:32 am

sparkleflit

They really are two quite different situations. There can be no reconciliation without forgiveness, but there can be forgiveness without reconciliation.
I look at forgiveness of others as being for my own peace of mind, not the other person's. And their forgiveness or not of me is their concern, not mine, unless we are seeking to reconcile a relationship. Some relationships are best left dissolved, but forgiveness is necessary.

Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.

Fossil_Fetcher replies on 9/4/2018 11:07 am:
I agree, 100%. Does it really matter if one cones before the other?

Fossil

brightsmile003B 84F

9/1/2018 3:42 pm

Wonderful blog Fossil. Thanks

Fossil_Fetcher replies on 9/4/2018 11:20 am:
TYVM, Brightsmile.

Fossil

frenchsalsa2 77F

7809 posts
9/1/2018 8:20 pm

Great blog, Fossil!!
There are those I've known who never forgave old friends when they should or could have but then it was too late when those old friends departed! How very sad!

Fossil_Fetcher replies on 9/4/2018 11:22 am:
Thanks, Salsa. Like YAYA, you and I know about this matter personally, don't we? We survived though.

Thanks for stopping by.

Fossil

jiminycricket1 74M

13732 posts
9/3/2018 5:31 am

Great blog...

let me try to add to it and not detract from a single word..

Those who can't forgive are a the "victim" of their own undoing....?

The action that requires forgiveness. is first the reaction....Once one forgives themselves for that......... the rest falls pretty easily.

Fossil_Fetcher replies on 9/4/2018 11:25 am:
Well, Jiminy, I know that in some cases there can never be forgiveness. If that makes the person who was hurt the "victim of their own undoing," I guess they will go to the grave with the burden. I know fully well that some people can never forgive things which have happened. I'm sure you do too.

Fossil