Now here's a thought.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

-Confucius

 

For the longest time, I was intensely angry about the circumstances of my illness. I felt very much the victim, so I blamed others for how it came about instead of focusing on what I could do to get better. It wasn’t until I followed the advice of Confucius (though I didn’t know it was his advice until today) that I began the slow journey toward healing. I share this thought today because I think its value is immeasurable. There is certainly nothing more damaging to our spirits than holding on to that which causes us pain, or grief, or anger- and it feeds hate, which destroys our world. So I challenge myself and everyone else to work on forgetting, and to focus on moving on.