no matter WHAT anyone else has done and no matter HOW miserable we are, the only way out is to reflect on what we can do to change our perception, our situation, our narrative, our internal dialogue. even if the only thing we can do is pray fervently and incessantly for Allahs help, then we must do that. no amount of blame and fault finding -- no matter how legitimate -- will bring us freedom from that cage that is our own self. and it is the cage that causes us to be miserable. there is no one else who holds the key and there is no other way. to forgive is not to be nice, but to be free. we carry resentment in our being, not in the being of the oppressor, the abuser. resentment makes our bodies toxic, it corrodes our insides and it makes our experience of the world bitter and joyless. that is why the most egregious of crimes against us should ultimately be forgiven -- for our own sanity, peace and contentment. what was done in the past cannot be undone. but in this moment we have a choice. and the sane choice is to try to move on, see what lies in our own hands and do that. no other person can help unless we are willing to let go of resentment against others and our own self. no saint, no angel, no brilliant teacher. no one.
Posted on: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 12:45:02 +0000
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