Best Life 2010 Day 252: Return to active duty

Ok...return to active *Daddy * duty!
Charlene went back to work today, so it was just me and Lexi all day.
We went out walking and running errands; I spoiled her with donuts and pizza (believe me, she burned the calories on the walk!), so a good time was had by all.

An interesting thing popped up on my Facebook fan page while I was typing this blog; someone wrote:
“Always wonder about so much emphasis on forgiveness.
Does forgiveness mean license to repeat the same saga
Of crimes, perversion, and abuses
For such is what is understood
In eternal repeating history of humanity”

To which I responded:
“Quite the opposite.
If there were more forgiveness, there would be less crime, perversions, and abuses in the world.
Carrying grudges and desiring retribution is what causes wars, conflicts, pain and suffering.

Forgiveness is the one thing that takes all that away.”

I've used this quote again and again, and it keeps getting truer every time:
“Holding on to anger with the intent of harming someone else, is like picking up a hot coal with the intention of throwing it: you are the one who gets burned”.
-Buddha

There's a difference between justice and retribution.
Justice is coming no matter what we do, in this life or the next.
Retribution is justice's evil twin, and the root of so much pain in this world.

Think about it, how many wars would we have in this world if we weren't preoccupied with taking something from someone else, or worried that they were going to try and take something from us?

We could have world peace right now, in an instant, if everyone chose it.
But we don't, and won't any time soon, since so many people can't let go of the past.

A shame, really.

And remember:
Never give up, never give up, never ever ever give up.


B. Dave Walters
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