I learned it from watching you.
Added 2019-05-12 18:58:07 +0000 UTCObviously Ellie is talking about her own relationship with Quinn, and how Quinn had no reason to give her a second chance. Even less so, really.
There's been plenty of times I've forgiven people I probably didn't have to. Sometimes in the presence of others, then asked 'why' by the friendly observer. The idea it was undeserved being held in the same regard. Because I need to. I need to forgive people with the same amount of forgiveness I require from everyone else. And that is no small amount. It's easier to hold a grudge. To keep someone held in a locked state of punishment through silence. It's harder to pluck out the good, and see if that can't be cultivated. To be patient, even when that emotional well has been completely exhausted.
We need way more patience in the world today. We live in a society so unwilling to forgive even the slightest of slights. A culture of no-redemption. We can't even settle for current infractions. We'll go back 1,000 years into family history to find any form of moral repugnance. History is a messy thing. You will never find a pristine, sterilized time where everything was perfect. Same goes for people and their personal histories.
Anyone can be redeemed... and just as importantly, the rest of us can get the hell out of the way and allow them to be.
Comments
So how are things back at the homestead?
Dan
2019-09-15 23:39:55 +0000 UTCI myself have forgiven and even forged new friendships with people that I had very good reason to flat-out HATE, much less dislike. The first one that comes to mind was the bully that beat me up and pushed me in a ditch on my first day at a new school. Years later, after very little sign of hope, he suddenly started defending me to a teacher that had a problem with me. I wish I had seen that aide of him a lot sooner, because he died during a seizure a few months later, when were starting to talk on a more congenial, if not friendly, basis. Given time, I'm reasonably sure he could have been a good friend. On the flip side, I have tolerated many people that I absolutely should not have. Like the junkie cousin who made a great show of getting clean, then stole my car and rented it to his dealer for a fix.
Ascender
2019-05-12 19:22:31 +0000 UTCQuinn is wearing a Wario shirt. Dont change my mind.
Steve
2019-05-12 19:20:50 +0000 UTC
