Show Forgiving Is Ii Forgetting I can forgive but I cannot forget I r IThe The speaker did not realize that In Instead instead in in- stead of the sweetness of magnanimity ity her words carried the hardness of ofa ofa ofa a harbored hate For there Is no forgiveness without forgetting Little human human frailties that are Bre woven Into a personality we love may be overlooked But Dut deep hurts a strained relation anything that smacks of bitterness must be forgotten forgot forgot- ten to be forgiven Bitterness that Is remembered rankles and like the head of an ugly snake It creeps out when the two hearts would come together again To forgive but not forget torget Is In Insincere In in- sincere It Is only tongue forgiveness It says I will be magnanimous but dont don't think you are getting away with It Things will never be the same flame Real Heal bigness forgives with the heart henrt I and says We v e will wipe the slate clean and call It quits quits forget forget It itIn It ItIn In almost every human relationship there comes a time of misunderstanding misunderstand misunderstand- ing and hurt that Imperils the closest I most valued friendships even friendships even love I And frequently after reconciliation and so called forgiveness the two I hearts cry out for each other but the Inability to forget stands between them There Is b the hurt that cannot be healed by explanations We vish It could for tor we want our friend or sweetheart We Ve crave the old comrade comradeship com com- rade hip and sweet communion yet there between us stalks the specter of the wrong we would forgive but cannot forget If we but realize here time the truth of the old saying To err ert erris ertIs Is IB human to forgive divine we can waive the explanation charge It up to toI human frailty and forgive which forgive which I means to forget absolutely finally and unequivocally and take back ouri our i sweetheart or friend |