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The act of forgiveness..
I was brought up with developing a feeling in my mind to always forgive others, even if you knew they were at fault and to see the life with a new angle.
Although this feeling developed in my mind, but eventually got a permanent place after an incident which changed the way I looked at life as a whole. There was a friend of mine who always showed up in my thick and thin and I always divulged everything what was inside me. Infact in everyone’s life there is someone really close, it can be a relative, sibling or a friend, with whom we have a tendency to confide. One day this friend of mine turned up as usual and we had a long conversation, when I told him that I was annoyed with another friend who was also close to me, for certain reasons.
Although he consoled me, but after he had left me, I felt uneasy. It was after a couple of days, the other friend came up to me and started abusing me for no reason at all, in fact at that time I was thinking about having a conversation with him to sort out our differences. I just didn’t know why he reacted like this, it was after a few days that I came to know from another common friend about the act of putting petrol in fire was done by my closest friend, who had wrongly and intentionally told few things which was out of context to my friend. He had actually betrayed me to create differences with him.
Having realised the folly of my friend, I confronted him, he was trying to defend himself and his act, but. when I put pressure on him, he finally accepted his mistake. I just didn’t know what to do at that time, and just left that place. A few days passed away, I was missing him so dearly and he must have been also missing me, and both avoided even looking at each other. In fact from days, to months and almost two years had passed, we never spoke. We were now about to pass our 12th class and there was a farewell organised at the school where we all had gathered, and suddenly our eyes met. Both could see the pain and wanted to break the barrier of silence. I all of a sudden came up to him and asked him how he was doing. He sounded low and there was a feeling of realisation which I could feel in our conversation. He immediately apologised for his mistake and I just hugged him, not saying a word, our eyes were wet, everyone was looking at us and they were all happy to see us back as friends. I thought for a while that both of us carried the pain inside us and were living with it till now.
The farewell went off well and the best memory I carried from there was that, the act of forgiveness was the best thing to do in our life, as it clears our heart and mind and we are able to move on in a better way. Even today we are still connected as very good friends, and often get in touch with each other. The act of understanding and the act of forgiveness really helps to bridge any gaps which can exist.
© सुneel
Although this feeling developed in my mind, but eventually got a permanent place after an incident which changed the way I looked at life as a whole. There was a friend of mine who always showed up in my thick and thin and I always divulged everything what was inside me. Infact in everyone’s life there is someone really close, it can be a relative, sibling or a friend, with whom we have a tendency to confide. One day this friend of mine turned up as usual and we had a long conversation, when I told him that I was annoyed with another friend who was also close to me, for certain reasons.
Although he consoled me, but after he had left me, I felt uneasy. It was after a couple of days, the other friend came up to me and started abusing me for no reason at all, in fact at that time I was thinking about having a conversation with him to sort out our differences. I just didn’t know why he reacted like this, it was after a few days that I came to know from another common friend about the act of putting petrol in fire was done by my closest friend, who had wrongly and intentionally told few things which was out of context to my friend. He had actually betrayed me to create differences with him.
Having realised the folly of my friend, I confronted him, he was trying to defend himself and his act, but. when I put pressure on him, he finally accepted his mistake. I just didn’t know what to do at that time, and just left that place. A few days passed away, I was missing him so dearly and he must have been also missing me, and both avoided even looking at each other. In fact from days, to months and almost two years had passed, we never spoke. We were now about to pass our 12th class and there was a farewell organised at the school where we all had gathered, and suddenly our eyes met. Both could see the pain and wanted to break the barrier of silence. I all of a sudden came up to him and asked him how he was doing. He sounded low and there was a feeling of realisation which I could feel in our conversation. He immediately apologised for his mistake and I just hugged him, not saying a word, our eyes were wet, everyone was looking at us and they were all happy to see us back as friends. I thought for a while that both of us carried the pain inside us and were living with it till now.
The farewell went off well and the best memory I carried from there was that, the act of forgiveness was the best thing to do in our life, as it clears our heart and mind and we are able to move on in a better way. Even today we are still connected as very good friends, and often get in touch with each other. The act of understanding and the act of forgiveness really helps to bridge any gaps which can exist.
© सुneel
