Forgive

When we're young, we don't always understand how things work. Correction...we absolutely don't understand how things work. We don't understand anything. About life. About love. About who we are. About what is right. I'm not completely sure many adults fully understand how things work.

But I have found the older I get, the more I learn and the more I understand. The more important the little things become and more irrelevant the big showy things really feel.

That being said, everyone around you is going through the same thing. They understand just as much about themselves and how things work. How their heart works. How the things they say effect you. It isn't until you have even a tiny bit of understanding that you can finally come to terms with the wrong, or rights, that have been done to you by others.

Once you're there, though, a world of possibility opens up. You can stop wondering what was the REAL meaning behind his horrible words. You can stop caring why they acted selfishly. You can stop blaming yourself for the tragic ending who's pain lingers far beyond the actual memory. All of these actions are rooted in forgiveness.

Good thing we're so smart now. Good thing we have so much more knowledge than we did then. Because now we know it all...right?