Forgiveness is the door through
the wall of separation
allowing us to exit
our bitter cage of choice.
Grace is the understanding
that frees us from ourselves,
opening the door of restoration
replacing bitterness with love.
Offering forgiveness to others
comes with no guaranties.
Forgiveness is the door we walk through
…to free ourselves
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Today is open link night at d’Verse. The inspiration for this poem came as a spin-off from a post I read earlier this week. You can read it here: https://essenceandlife.wordpress.com/2019/09/13/forgiveness/
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Amen to this. 🙏 Beautiful!
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It’s beautiful, especially the part about grace, I like it.
Have a nice evening!
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Thank you so much for your comment and for your inspiration!
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I like your description of the power of forgiveness: “allowing us to exit
our bitter cage of choice”
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Thanks Frank! I believe it is a choice we make to carry or let go of our bitterness.
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Those last 2 lines do it for me. The hardest one to forgive is usually one’s self. Grace is the lubricator that saves us all…
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“Forgiveness is the door we walk through / …to free ourselves”
~ Exactly!
Beautiful poem, Dwight ❤
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Thank you Rosaline. Took me a few years to realize it wasn’t about others but hinged on me!
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It took me a while, too, Dwight, to realize that holding onto anger and hate only harmed myself.
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Yes!
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beautifully expressed Dwight!
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Thank you very much!
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Forgiveness, Freedom, Grace, Restoration
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Beauty out of the ashes!
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Yes, forgiveness frees US … the ones doing the forgiving.
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Yes, it does!
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Forgiveness is the door through
the wall of separation
allowing us to exit
our bitter cage of choice.
the journey of forgiveness, for some reasons, i felt deeply in this opening stanza. such truths. such truths.
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Thank you so much! I guess it comes from years of thinking my bitterness was the other person’s fault. Sometimes it takes awhile to accept that it may be me!
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Yes. It is a process. 🙂
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I truly love this post. Forgiveness offers grace to the giver and the receiver. Beautifully writ.
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Thank you Lillian! Something we all sometimes forget!
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“Forgiveness is the door we walk through to free ourselves,” … most definitely! Love this ❤️
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Thank you so much!
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Why is it that the truest things about the human heart are simplest yet most difficult? We’re so wrongly entranced with mirrors that they upend our good natures and twist the Golden Rule into Mobius strip of envy and greed. … in AA they preach self-sacrifice for others are the way to overcome self-damage, and the truth of forgiveness is exactly as you say: a heavy door we must open before we can walk in sunlight. Amen and well done.
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Thank you Brendan! I think we think things should be more complicated, when really that are rather simple. Thank you for your thoughtful comment!
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Forgiveness is a topic I never tire of. I really like your first two lines,
“Forgiveness is the door through
the wall of separation”
A lack of forgiveness keeps us separated.
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Yes, it really does! Thanks for your comment!
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That is so true, Dwight. Beautiful!
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Thank you very much!
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I often thinks that we have a harder time accepting forgiveness than giving it away… maybe we need to learn how to do both
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Yes, perhaps we don’t want to let go of our feelings of hurt!
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