The Devil bestows anger upon us as his amusement. I have been stolen from, assaulted, and threatened by people who hate. I have forgiven many for my own sanity sake. Allowing an insult or injury to bring out the worst in me for revenge is a waste of time and energy. As a child I believed in self defense from school yard bullies, and it felt good to hit back with blunt force and enough anger to injure them. Once you have proven your strength and anger in the school yard creates fear in any would be assailent not to taunt or tease you into a fight. I have had great injuries over the years from former romantic and business relationships however once they happened I could not retaliate in a forceful way. I eventually forgot the injury and moved on with my life leaving them all in the dust of bad memories. I cannot allow insults to affect me and I ignore them all. Once I was attacked and insulted publicly by the local newspaper attacking me and my cohost for our first Liberal radio show broadcast. We were insulted by the harsh criticism but laughed at the ultra conservative writer who after the editorial against me and my show he was promoted to Managing Editor. It was a farcical promotion that I mentioned on my next show.
It is hard to forgive the unforgivable but once we do the burden is lifted and we are free to live on without hatred or resentments. Forgive and forget is wise but we must never forget the worst injuries so it does not happen to us again. We simply allow it has happened and learn from our mistakes to prevent them from happening again.
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