** Forgiveness **

Looking back, so much trouble in our lives And wonder why this for me is ‘hives’ Why is there pain This hate insane cos we are alone We hate others in the crowd forlon? And then, I remember What my peers said Look up to the lord Look up the saviour For one must die first To live again So much anger, so much strife Then our minds are closed rife Words don’t dare to come forth And if words do come They’d be hate and venom pourth The answer to this, may seem far away Nay, its close to you, I say Just be cool Pray the lord and repent For, Theres forgiveness And its in forgiving that one does live again. Forgiveness is a way of life, friendship, peace and harmony when we forgive you stop feeling resentful there is no more indignation, or anger against another for a perceived offence, difference or mistake, theres no clamor for punishment IT MEANS THE END OF VIOLENCE. IT MEANS PEACE AHIMSA PARAMO DHARAMA Anger begets more anger Forgiveness and love Begets more forgiveness and love Its good for both The forgiver and the forgiven The BIBLE - christianity says “Lord forgive them for they know not what they do” In KORAN – Islam, Allah is said to be the most forgiving The BHAGWAD GEETA - Hinduism says Equal to friend and enemy, equal to honour and insult, pleasure and pain, praise and blame…that man is dear to me (Chapter12, verse18-19) .” And in DHAMAPADA -Buddism The law of Karma we notice That it is not a way of taking revenge But practicing Karuna To avoid resentment and thus forgiveness. Anjali 27-11-2009