遇見心想事成的自己

第18章 人在旅途中 (8)

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Two weeks later, Charlie came and told me, "I feel better. I drove to the cemetery and stood over his grave and dumped my angry. Then I closed my eyes and said to myself what I felt my dad would say. Wow, I never realized how much energy keeping all that anger inside can do to a person."

Forgiveness brings healing, freedom, and peace back into our lives. It opens our eyes to see what happened. It calls on us to pull down the walls, stop the silent treatment and put an end to the cold war.

Use today as an opportunity to open a door that has been closed too long. Forgive. Let it go. Put it behind you and see how much better you will feel.

Give it a try. It works.

最近,我前往當地一家醫院的住院部看望一個朋友。

當我和比爾一起聊天時,一位先生走進房間。比爾看到他,便開始哭泣,那位先生也跟著哭了起來。那位先生還彎下腰來擁抱**的比爾。過了一會兒,那位名叫肯的先生告訴我:“他是我哥哥,我們已經有25年沒說過話了。”

他的話讓我大吃一驚,我說:“你是在開玩笑吧?”

“不,我們曾經為了一筆財產發生過爭執,從那以後,我們就再沒來往過。”肯回答。

比爾說:“肯,你還沒看到過我的孩子。”

接著,比爾將他的孩子們挨個兒介紹給他們的叔叔。我離開關懷病區時感慨萬分:我們不肯寬恕別人是多麽不應該。生命匆匆,要想把所有丟失的時間全都補上,是非常困難的。

這次經曆讓我開始思考寬恕的力量,思量著我們對寬恕的迫切需求。的確,當他人的言語或行為讓我們受到傷害的時候,我們會覺得受了傷。可是,我們需要跨越傷害,去療傷止痛,而寬恕則是治愈傷痛的良藥。

我願意把寬恕當成一種勇敢的選擇。寬恕清除了生活中的怨恨、苦難、憤怒、憎惡和複仇。我們應該自我反省:“我情願把寶貴的時間和精力浪費在這些令人厭惡的情緒上嗎?”