SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT
FORGIVENESS
Forgiveness is a religious virtue. It is one of the essential
qualities of a noble man. The common proverb: to err is human; to forgive,
divine; cannot be challenged because God is really kind and forgiving; but
humans, too, should have this divine quality in their spiritual build up.
Some synonyms of forgiveness are pardon, mercy, acquittal,
absence of malice/grudge/revenge and retaliation.
Only a large-hearted person can possess the virtue of
forgiving. Talking about a forgiving man American writer Ralph Waldo Emerson
says “his heart was as great as the world, but there was no room in it to hold
the memory of a wrong.”
It is also true to say
that never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it foregoes
revenge and dares to forgive an injury.
According t English writer Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield
(1694-1773) little, vicious minds abound
with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forging
their enemies.
Finally, remember that humanity is never so beautiful as when
praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.
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G.R.Kanwal
22 March 2024
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