I have to admit I'm being a little lazy today about my letter. I'm sure you've heard the following sentiment from me before but I think it bears repeating.
I was reading some of my good friend Jorge's (He pronounces it Horhay) writings the other day and this caught my attention. One note, Jorge speaks with a very thick Latino accent and it helps if you read his stuff with that in mind.
"They hurt me too much to forgive them"
The other day I heard an older woman say those very words. She was in a discussion about forgiveness with a group of friends.
Forgiveness is probably the most misunderstood medicine that we as humans have been given by the "Big Guy", you know, God. I really like something Joel Osteen said. "Forgiveness is a choice, but it is not an option."
There are several places in the "Big Guys" Book where He talks about our being forgiven, being connected to our willingness to forgive. Even Haysus, (Jesus) said when asked by his disciples how they should pray, "Forgive us our trespasses, AS, we forgive those who trespass against us."
You see unforgiveness is a poison. We are the ones hurt most by it, not the unforgiven. If we build walls around us with bricks of unforgiveness one day we will find we have not only walled out other people, we have walled us in. The walls prevent the "Big Guy" from being able to bless us the way He wants to. These poison walls prevent the flow of the "Big Guys" favor and if they get high enough they block our vision of the wonderful life that has been planned for us. Forgiveness is a healing ointment that opens the floodgates of the "Big Guys" blessings and broadens our view of this wonderful life.
"Don't get mad, get even" only works for Clint Eastwood in the movies. In real life it only makes you meaner and sadder. Another Brick in the Wall.
Jorge, Transcended Dude
I love you guys.
Don 
