Love and Forgiveness
To my wife
It isn't the thing you do, dear,
It's the thing you leave undone
That gives you a bit of heartache
At setting of the sun.
[The Sin of Omission - Margaret E. Sangster]
The stanza above, among many things, explains how we can maintain a healthy and strong relationship with other people - be it with couples, friends, or family. It is normal and forgivable to sometimes commit mistakes to the ones we love. Human as we are, we can never be perfect saints to one another. We quarrel. We do wrong - or even sins. We hurt each other. We do many random things that may hurt the other person. Yet, as been stated in the stanza, it is not the thing that we did - the wrongs we've committed - that matters. But, those that we often leave undone. And, I would like to add, that it is not just you that suffers - or will be hurt - but also your beloved / loved one. You will both suffer from something that is left undone. It is asking for forgiveness and the giving of forgiveness itself. This is what we often refrain from doing that will haunt us - it will make us miserable. What sustains a relationship is, for one, forgiveness. Sill, the choice is yours: will you ask for forgiveness and/or forgive your love that hurt you?
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