jimmi;

Its been 3 weeks since I have last talked to you, but it feels like you have faded out altogether.
I have been trying to understand why, and up to now I am still perplexed about your decisions.
I admit, afterwards I subverted ill thought towards you.
Bitterness if you must, but today I came across Alexander Pope's: 'Essay on Criticism' and this particular quote caught my attention

"To err is human, to forgive divine"


So it got me thinking, everyone is capable of making mistakes, passing judgment, criticizing.
Yet who among us is able to forgive those who wronged them? Who is able forgo the transgressions inflicted upon them by others and give total redemption to those who ask for it?
But what does redemption mean?
Locke talked about being born with a Tabula Rasa, a blank slate, if we trespass against another it is on our slate. However does redemption really wipe our slate clean or do the guilt of our sins hang over our heads for the rest of our lives.

I don't know the answers for these pertinent questions, however it is clear that being able to forgive is a gift attributed to the divine.
With that at hand, I forgive you.
I'll be waiting around the bend, I hope to see you there some time.


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jimmi;

Its been 3 weeks since I have last talked to you, but it feels like you have faded out altogether.
I have been trying to understand why, and up to now I am still perplexed about your decisions.
I admit, afterwards I subverted ill thought towards you.
Bitterness if you must, but today I came across Alexander Pope's: 'Essay on Criticism' and this particular quote caught my attention

"To err is human, to forgive divine"


So it got me thinking, everyone is capable of making mistakes, passing judgment, criticizing.
Yet who among us is able to forgive those who wronged them? Who is able forgo the transgressions inflicted upon them by others and give total redemption to those who ask for it?
But what does redemption mean?
Locke talked about being born with a Tabula Rasa, a blank slate, if we trespass against another it is on our slate. However does redemption really wipe our slate clean or do the guilt of our sins hang over our heads for the rest of our lives.

I don't know the answers for these pertinent questions, however it is clear that being able to forgive is a gift attributed to the divine.
With that at hand, I forgive you.
I'll be waiting around the bend, I hope to see you there some time.