Forgiveness - an Extraordinary Kind of Act~*

Forgiveness is such an extraordinary kind of act that not many people can do. Can you imagine forgiving a person who kill your loved ones? Can you imagine letting go of the hurtful past and move on? I know I could not and would not be able to get over it.

While taking the time to do my daily read on Yahoo today, I came across an article (which I couldn't find again this evening when I tried to link up) that talked about an unusal relationship between two women. How unusal? You ask. One woman is a mother of a 9/11 victim and anothre woman is a mother of one of the people responsible for the attack.

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That story also led me to discover the Forgiveness Project which helps build a future free of conflict and violence by healing the wounds of the past. By collecting and sharing people's stories, and delivering outreach programmes. The Forgiveness Project encourages and empowers people to explore the nature of forgiveness and alternatives to revenge. I know I have to share with you if you haven't discovered it.

Stories shared by those who experienced the greatest losses such as family members were murdered/raped and etc) and how they overcame their angers and let go of the past in order to move on with life. You may find that those stories are intense yet at the end you will be amazed at human spirits.

To overcome past pains and let go of angers are so incredibly hard. I am talking from someone who experienced pains in the past. Of course I experienced sorrows and angers from a few incidents in the past but far less significant or severe than those on the Forgiveness Projects.

I remember those days living in misery and almost developed a depression. It took over a year for me to get back on my feet again but I still cannot forgive. Funny thing, you just never know what can happen to you regardless how rich or happy you are. Thing happens when we are not prepared and it hits you hard enough to shake or turn your world upside down.



My days were miserable. I thought I would be stronger but I went back to square one over and over and over again. Overcoming the painful past is the most difficult part of the healing process. Holding onto angers is somewhat a security blanket without realizing that it deteriorates and consumes one’s heath slowly and surely.

I also realized that my anger and sorrow were nothing comparing to those who were raped, killed, lost their loved ones to accidents or murders. There are more people in this world that face bigger problems than mine, yet they are able to move on. As I get older, I view life differently than when I was younger. You really have to be strong (emotionally) in order to survive and be prepared for whatever life throws at you. It is okay to cry and let things out but at one point we have to get up and move on again.

Have you ever done this extraordinary kind of act - "Forgiveness"?