A beautiful gift

The most important thing I must give,

but the most difficult, is forgiveness.

Forgiveness. Yes, that is it.

I must forgive,always, again and again. Forgive.

As soon as I stop forgiving, I build a wall.

And a wall is the beginning of a prison.

Above all in life I’ve got to do two things

-understand and forget.

 I know many people

and I know the secrets of many people.

And I know only too well

that no two people are the same.

Each person is an entire world in himself

And he lives and feels and thinks and responds

from his own world.

And the deepest core of that world

is still unknown to me.

Therefore it seems obvious that,

in  the normal course of events,

disagreements, frictions and tensions will develop.

Only when a person understands

that other people are different,

and only when he is ready to forgive,

is it possible to live together.

Otherwise there is a state of mutual siege

And you live in a  day-in, day-out,

cold or hot war.

There are so many exceptionally good opportunities

for us to make peace,

or to make up quarrels.

We so often get a chance to give a small present,

to send a postcard inviting someone around

as a sign of reconciliation, of forgiveness.

Once the first step, the most difficult step, is taken,

the rest is easy.

Forgiveness. The most beautiful gift.